After a great breakfast off to Arlington for a very humbling and emotional day of American History. Into the Visitors Centre for background info on what we were about to visit.
The first stop was the JFK Gravesite which since our last trip has the addition of Jackie and a little distance away Edward Kennedy. 
Next up to Robert E Lee's house and more interesting history. The house is undergoing a restoration at the moment however all the info was there and it was amazing to see the family tree showing the connection to Washington.
At the tomb of the Unknown soldier, we witnessed the changing of the guard and noted that in summer they change over every half hour. They would need to change every half hour otherwise we're sure that they would faint in the heat especially because they are in full uniform.
After visiting the Arlington Cememtery we returned to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum as we only had a limited time the previous day. Nick and JR went to the Imax theatre to watch "Legends of Flight" in 3D
and they said it was wonderful and the movie was mainly about the Boeing 787 plane due to start flying in our skies next year. Sounds a magnificent plane!
We all went to the Planetarium and watched the "Black Holes of Infinity" on their domed ceiling. Once again we were in awe with the movie!
At 6pm we joined some other Aussies, a lady from Minnesota, a guy from Hungary on the DC by Foot Tour and our tour leader was named Chris. He really knew "his stuff" about Washington and we found out many
interesting facts that we would normally have never known about. eg the "figure" on top of the Capitol building named Freedom is 19 and a half feet tall and no other statue with DC is able to be the same
height - the statue has to be 10' or smaller. Even the Abraham Lincoln and the Jefferson memorials are only 19'!
That night we ate at the Cheesecake Factory which is situated within the shopping centre where our hotel is located. It is not just a dessert place, in fact their menu is sooo extensive that any type of food can be found here - and really yummy food!
Once again, late to bed and an early start tomorrow.
PS There is a small guest laundry in our hotel located on the penthouse floor just above us - how lucky for us - clean clothes again!
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