hasta la vista Nueva York - hellooo Washington

Today we've really been on the move. We woke up at 4:30 am, because we had to check out of the hostel at 6 o'clock and then take a shuffle bus to La Guardia Airport, where we were going to take the airplane to Dulles Airport in Washington. The plane was not that big - it was at least difficult to see from the gate. When the plane finally took off, it was funny to see Manhattan suddenly become this tiny little place instead of this large city with streets that we had walked empty the last couple of days.

After our arrival, we took a new shuffle bus to our hotel; Harrington Hotel, and you can definitely feel that it's a hotel and not a hostel. We got a room with two double beds and two smaller beds, and we are only three people.

Our room at the hotel

Anyway, after an hour of unpacking we all walked together to The Mall, which is a national mall in downtown Washington and also an open-area that receives about 24 million visitors every year. Some of the things we saw was Washington monument, a monument which is made in honor of George Washington, The Reflecting pool, which is placed next to Lincoln Memorial, which you also might remember as the place, where Martin Luther King held his famous speech I have a dream. In the end, we saw The White House where Barack Hussein Obama lives.

There are lots of squirrels in Washington - there hasn't been a day without several of them, and everyone still goes "Nurrhh"?

The Lincoln Memorial with the reflecting pool in front, where Martin Luther King held his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. Many probably know this place from "Forrest Gump"

Group foto with the Washington Monument in the background

An attemp on a jumping foto - it's a bit harder than it looks like!

The Washington Monument on a sunny day

Lea and Sabrina in front of The White House

Sabrina, Emma, and Michelle in front of The White House

The day ended with a quick meal at the nearest Mexican restaurant, and now is a long-awaited sleep ahead of us.