Washington 2 and trip to Philidephia

Again we tried the Archives first thing, but queues of school kids were already around the block (see below) , so we abandoned that again and headed to the Newseum.

This is a museum about news, it covered how covering the news had changed over the years as well as the news itself. It was a good way to get a overall picture of the background to the modern history of the States. The terrace from the top had some excellent views down Pensilvania Avenue to the Capitol Building


We headed north to Philidephia, but en route we stopped at the oldest wrought iron bridge (for Fiona)
Then we stopped at a convered mill for lunch. The place was filled with stalls of antiques and craftware, much like an indoor market. It was really nice to wander around the oddities, particularly as we appeared to be the only shoppers there so it was a break from the crowds.

We then had a final stop before we reached Philidephia - and you may have noticed we have not seen a giant statue of anything for a while, and so to get our fix we stopped at a giant doctors bag!


Roadside America - yeah!