In Washington DC now... where to go and what to do around?

[Svnla]

Hi yall,

I am here for the whole week for seminar. Any good places to go and visit or things to do?

Is it safe to walk around late at night around here <downtown, the mall, and surrounding area>. Any areas that I need to be off limit?

I am planning to go to Chinatown, then Smithsonians, then Vietnam, WW2, Korean memorials. I rode the Metro from Reagon airport to the hotel so I know how to use it a little.

Anything else the locals can tell me will be great. TIA.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Welcome to DC!

Metro is your best bet. Taxi in a pinch if you need to.

Sounds like a good itinerary. You are "safe" in all those areas until you go north of China Town or south of the Mall.

You might also like to take the Metro up to the Dupont Circle area, then walk up 18th Street to Adam's Morgen. The National Zoo area is not too bad either.

You can also walk passed the Vietnam/Lincoln Memorial and either cross Memorial Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery or walk north along the Potomac to Georgetown.

Have fun and come back on DEC 15 for the ATOT meet

 

[zylander]

I as just in DC last weekend for a funeral at Arlington, which is a great place to check out. My most favorite place I went while there was the National Air and Space Museum extension at Dulles Airport. Admission to the museum is free, just gotta pay for parking. Heres a link to the website;

http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/

Its a pretty new museum, they got a lot of BIG aircraft in there including a 747, an SR-71, a Concorde, the Enola Gay, ect.

Great museum, lots of cool exhibits, definitely worth a trip if your into that sort of thing.

 

[Svnla]

Thanks for the all those replied.

Wish I could stay and meet ATOTers next week but only can stay until this Saturday.

I went out last night and checked out the Smithsonian museum of Natural Science, then the White House, then dined at ESPNSportZone (the Canjun chicken sandwich was pretty good, the soup was meh), then went to Chinatown (big disappointment, it was almost nothing compared to the ones in NYC, heck...Dallas and Houston Asian communities have better places to eat and see).

I am planning to go to Vietnam/Korea/WW2 memorials and areas nearby later tonight. May check out the stripclubs such as Archbibald to see if they are any good.

 

[Aharami]

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