Washington DC

Its been so long since we have been on line that i hope the new york blog was ok and that i can pick up where we left off. We went onto Washington DC after we left New York a bit of a delay with the train leaving Penn Station it was tough waiting with the bags on the back in terrible humidity underground... eventually we got on our way !
When we arrived in DC it was a Sunday evening,very quite incomparison to new york, with the temperature cool we made our way to the HI Hostel, it was a very comfy hostel with the room we were in had 2 others a brother and sister from Sydney (hiya Hayley may look you up in Sydney!!) The one thing about DC that we did was this city bike share scheme, take a bike bring it back to any dock the first 30 mins are free after that the cost increases... A little tip take a photo of the map with the docks they are difficult to spot.
DC was so proud of their history it oozes "American Pride" with the monuments, tours and museums. The best thing about it is the main monuments are all very close together, my personal favorite was the Lincoln Memorial. The White House is smaller than you'd imagine and the Capital building is much bigger.
We met some lovely people had good chats lots of pointers and the facilties in the hostel we very good, including a TV room and good kitchen. During the day the heat in DC was hot but bearable, we first encountered thunder storms here and fireflies!!
Not as expensive as we thought but the hostels facilites made it easier on us...one thing tho mind your food my pizza was stolen!!! Only 2 hours after I putting it in the fridge.
We left DC after 3 days it was enough time here for what we saw... we got the train to South Carolina to Alfie's Auntie Lil's house... coldest train ever but fab time with all the lads...