I live in the DC metropolitan area, in Northern Virginia, in a green and leafy suburb that I love so very much.
This very burb is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) northwest of our nation's capital.
So, how often do I venture in to DC?
Not often enough. This chick is way too suburbanized …
But, nowadays you do not even have to drive downtown. No, since 2014 we have metro service from Reston to DC and beyond (and with that I mean suburban Maryland).
It takes about 30 minutes to drive downtown from our house, all depending on traffic volume.
The metro ride takes about 40 minutes.
So, Saturday morning Peter and I decided to head downtown. And sure enough, we decided to metro in from the Wiehle Avenue station (our nearest metro stop) that would be a way to get a good city walk in. This was our best option since we wanted to start at one place and end at a totally different place in town. So metro was the given choice of transportation this very Saturday …
We started our walk on the National Mall, at the classic metro stop Smithsonian.
We decided to head down toward Lincoln Memorial.
And then to the West End, Georgetown and we would end our walk in Rosslyn, VA.
The weather was totally fine. The Mall is known for either being very cold (it can be gruesome when the winter winds rule the place) or (in the summer) extremely hot.
The past Saturday it was perfect weather conditions, around 48 F (8C) and no wind.
But, let me take you along thru a classic photo dump.



And surrounding the Korean War Memorial you'll find a wall with the names of all the soldiers who died in said war.
Here we are on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial.




The Watergate again, the building consists of condominium apartments and it is also the home of The Watergate Hotel.
In Georgetown! This is the Swedish Embassy and The House of Sweden. Yes, I have been there many, many times when re-newing passports and other things. Iceland has their embassy within the building as well.






And you'll find it all on the top floors of this building.
Have a very good Tuesday.