London

It was a cloudy day in London but that didn't stop me clocking up 25kms walking around the city.

Westminster Bridge

Tate Modern

Shakespear's Globe Theatre

Tower Bridge

Southbank - the tall building is called The Shard (tallest building in the EU)

Tower of London

St Paul's Cathedral

Courts of Justice

Trafalgar Square

Nelson's Column

Queen Victoria Memorial

Buckingham Palace

Gates at Buckingham Palace

Harrod's

Westminster Cathedral

Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey

From the London Eye

Houses of Parliament

Buckingham Palace

Charing Cross Station

Washington

After leaving LA at 11pm, arrived at Dulles airport at 7am. The Palomar is a quirky boutique hotel near DuPont Circle with some interesting artworks adorning the foyer. After a bit of breakfast I headed out to reacquaint myself with DC. I walked towards the Lincoln Memorial first then headed back along the Mall towards the George Washington monument.

I visited Newseum this time which is as the name suggests, a potted history of all things media and journalistic. Actually quite good - I'd recommend it.

It's 32 degrees C today so pretty warm for walking around, Starbucks with its aircon and free wifi beckoned. However my trusty iPhone weather reminds me it's supposed to rain later today.

Palomar Hotel

Artwork

Foyer

Lincoln Memorial

WW2 memorial

Washington monument

U.S. archives (this takes up a city block)

Newseum

Newseum - Berlin Wall

Actual Berlin Wall pieces

Declaration of Independrnce and replica printing press

Press Headline from 1962

Twisted wreckage of the Comms aerial that used to sit on top of the World Trade Center

Newspapers on 9/12

Freedom #1

Freedom #2

Freedom #3

Freedom #4

Freedom #5

Food trucks lined up

Bicycle share points

P Street Bridge

Santa Monica

Made it to LA after the obligatory 30 minute wait at US Customs with 3590 other weary travelers. Paul managed to  drive to Santa Monica with only a small amount of chanting from me...stick to the right, stick to the right. It's cloudy here this morning but it will clear later today. I'm sitting in The Coffee Bean to recharge my caffeine levels which had dipped seriously low on the flight, and to sort through my 92 emails.