Touring the States: Washington D.C.

One of the other places we stopped by on our family road trip was Washington D.C. It was a stroke of luck that we would arrive during the full bloom of the cherry blossoms in DC. We didn't plan for this so it was definitely a good surprise.

DC is a great place for tourists to do a lot of things for free. The Smithsonian museums are free and you get to see a lot of things in the museums. When we were there, even the DC Circulator buses were free. We went around the National Mall and enjoyed it. The cherry blossoms were a sight to behold and it was especially nice for us since a year ago, we went to Japan to see the cherry blossoms and they bloomed earlier than expected and so we weren't able to see the full bloom.

Walking around the National Mall, we saw the Washington Monument, Capitol Building, the Lincoln Memorial, the WW II memorial and at a distance, the White House. An interesting sight in the WW II memorial was the name of the Philippines on one of the pillars. It looked like the memorial was to honor the states and territories that fought in the US army. The Philippines is the only one on there that is not a state or a US territory.

The museums were great too. Due to lack of time, we were only able to visit the Air and Space Museum and the Natural History Museum. Those two are the ones that kids are able to relate to the most so if you have kids, these are the ones you should hit.

Our DC trip was short. It felt even shorter as most of us got sick in DC. It actually surprised us that the temperature was much lower than expected. So the best part about our DC trip was actually our airbnb. It was big and spacious and it was as homey as an airbnb can get. If we had to get sick in one place, I'm glad we got sick in DC as the airbnb was that nice.