WASHINGTON DC_TravellingUSA

Washington is the USA’s capital, it’s located in the east of the country and it is a federal District.  In this city you can find the most important monuments about the history of the United States. We are going to talk about the White House, the National Mall, the Lincoln Monument, Library of Congress and the United States Capitol.

Washington D. C. location.

The White House is the residence of the USA’s president, he and his family live there during his legislature. The house was an idea of George Washington the only president that didn’t live there and it was built in 1790. The first president to live in the White House was  John Adams for only 4 months.

With more than 100 living rooms John Adams thought that the house was too big. If you can do a visit inside of the White House you can found very interesting places where the president do his work and also the personal life. For example the blue room as the name suggests, the preferential color in the room is blue. In this part you can find a lot of ancient furniture. Also the red room with red walls and today is used like a living room. The most important place in the white house is the Oval Office, in this room the president meets  with other politicians.

Around the White House there is a very big garden, in this garden they do a lot of activities like the easter egg roll. The actual president and his family do games and in this they involve a lot of families. The president can also play golf or take a walk with other politicians.

It’s possible to visit the White House. The visit is free and homing, but it requires some advance planning. Do you need to have an authorization by your congressional representative with an advance of 21 days up to 6 months.

The capitol,  the most emblematic place of North American democracy, was started to be built in 1793 and finished in 1868. Reforms and expansion continued during the twentieth century but in the 2008 it was completed the last.

The building was designed by William Thornton and has a large dome in the center and two amazing buildings on the two sides. In the center of the capitol we can find "The Apotheosis of Washington " a very beautiful paint on the ceiling.

On Capitol Congress they meet to write the laws of the nation. It is where the congress discuss about the worrries and requeriments of the citizens, we can not forget that in the capitol is were powerful people resides and presidents take offices and pronounce speeches.

If you want  to visit the capitol you just have to book your experience in a travel agency and you get out with a very big smile. The USA Capitol visitor center is the newest complex where thousands of people can visit the installations and increase their knowledge about American history.

To sum it up, you will have the opportunity to take a tour around a symbol of the American people and their government, the U.S. Capitol is the meeting House of Representations.

The National Mall is a centric park and gardens zone in Washington. This park is situated in front of the White House. Is an emblematic and centric zone in the USA’s capital because is plenty of commemorative monuments and impressive structures. It has many paths for cyclists and many ways to walk.

In this National Esplanade the people of USA celebrate his commitment with democracy and the USA’s president takes possession. Sometimes American people received in this esplanade presidents of other countries and others authorities. An environment of democracy is breathed.

In 1965 it was designed by the architect Pierre Charles l’Efant but in 1791 this architect designed all of the historic center of Washington.

Sometimes the Word `National Mall´ is used to refer to the center of the city and in the center of  Washington we can visit most historic monuments included the Lincoln monument.

One site that you can’t lose if you go to Washington D.C is the Lincoln  Memorial. A monument built in 1922 for the memory of the 16th president of U.S.A , Abraham Lincoln. The monument is in the National mall , above the stairs you can see the reflecting pool , George Washington´s monument and the capitol .

When you enter in the building , you can see a statue of Lincoln , the statue is done in marble, it measures 6 meters , behind the statue there is an inscription: “In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever”

In 1867 the congress of the U.S.A ordered a construction for Abraham Lincoln . And the first Stone was  put in Lincoln’s birthday . Henry Bacon built the building and Daniel Chester French , the estatue.

The timetable of the Lincoln memorial is from the 9:00 a.m until the 5 p.m  , if you want to reserve the ticket online you have to visit the webpage of the national park services. Ticket’s price are 1’5 dollars.

The United States Library of Congress, is one of the biggest libraries in the world. It contains 158 millions of documents, of which there 68 million of manuscripts, 37 million of books in 470 languages and the biggest collection of rare books.

It was built in 1800. In the war of 1814, it was destroyed by British troops, in a fire. The USA’s president, Thomas Jefferson, donated 6500 books of his personal collection.

In 1851, another fire destroyed 35000 books. In 1897, the library moved to the Thomas Jefferson Building. The librarian John Russell Young established the Library’s first assistance programs for  the blind and physically disabled in 1897.

Congress acquired nearby land in 1928 and approved construction of the Annex Building in 1930. Although delayed during the Depression years, it was completed in 1938 and opened to the public in 1939.

These are some things that you can visit when you travel to Washington DC. For example you can see all the monuments in this city are part of the USA’s history. We recommend you to stay in the city 3 or 4 days. We hope you liked it and that it’s all. ENJOY YOUR TRAVEL!

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TRAVELLING USA

We are going to talk about de most important Usa’s citys. We like a lot this country and for this reason we decided to writte the blog.

1.     Washington DC is the capital city of United States of America. In this city there is the residence of the Usa’s president the White House and a lot of monuments relacionated with that.

2.     Chicago: In Chicago we can visit a lot of monuments. The most important are the museums because we can find a lot. Also there are sculptures and skyscraper.

3.     San Francisco: The most characteristic thing of San Francisco is the Golden Gate a red and long bridge.  There is an island and there you can visit the Alcatraz’s jail.

4.     Los Angeles: In this city we can find a lot of thematic sides. For exemple Hollywood Universal Studios, Walk of Fame and Santa Monica Pier.

5.     Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert. This city is famous because there are reproductions of the most important monuments around the world.

6.     Miami: In Miami you can find very beautiful beaches in this city there are a lot of surfers.

7.     Orlando: Here we can go to the first Disneyland thematic park.

8.     Houston is imprtant because there are a lot of museus. We can visit the NASA.

9.     Oklahoma City: In Oklahoma are very fans of basketball. The team of Oklahoma city is Oklahoma City Thunder. There are many storms. 

10.  Honolulu is the capital of Hawai and many surfers go there to practise this sport.

11. New York for us is the most beautiful city and you can visit a lot of sides and skyscraver the most important is the Empire State. Also you can find very thematic museums.