I’ll be in Washington, D.C. in a couple of weeks. I’ll be arriving late at night the day before the meeting which is at 9:00 AM. That should take no more than an hour. My flight leaves at 5:30 pm, so I have about 4 hours to see what there is to see. The meeting is along Embassy Row. Walking & Lyft will be my transportation.
Is there anything that makes you say, “You only have a few hours, but, while you’re there, you should be sure to go see…”?
I’ve never visited/spent time anywhere in the US that is east of Ohio.
On the serious side, Georgetown is down the road from Embassy Row. There’s a lot of shops and stuff along M Street. Not sure if you would have enough time to walk The National Mall.
I lived in Baltimore for a couple of years. On several occasions, I’d pop down and check out various sites along the Mall. My favorite was just popping into one of the Smithsonian museums, chosen based on my whim of the day. Cheap, memorable diversions.
If you’ve never been to DC and you have 1/2 day to look around, you need to head down to the Mall. See the White House, Capital Building, Washington Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool, and as many of the other memorials you can fit in your time slot.
Agreed. If you’ve done that, and you have another 1/2 day to look around, I’d pick one of the Smithsonian museums and do that. But I think on a first visit you should see the mall.