The Monuments of Washington DC at Night

I was already in the DC/Baltimore area for business when Lindsay meet me out there to start our 2009 adventure on the east coast. By the time we took the train from Baltimore to DC and checked in to our awesome hotel near the Capitol Building it was turning into late evening. We immediately headed up towards the “Dupont Circle” area to get some dinner at an amazing Italian restaurant my business associate had shown me a few days earlier. After dinner we walked down to the National Mall (central area of the city) to enjoy the beautiful monuments at night. Our first stop was the White House. We stood outside the gates and admired this amazing structure and marveled at the office of The President of the United States. We then worked our way West admiring the light up Washington Monument. Earlier in the week I was shown a very cool statue of Albert Einstein that is tucked away off of the National Mall. We went and found this again and Lindsay loved the unique statue of this amazing man. We ended our stroll at the incredible, almost holy, Lincoln Memorial. The way the statue of Lincoln is light up at night is nothing less than inspiring. We stood in front of the statue of Lincoln for probably 15 minutes just admiring and pondering the great acts of this incredible man. We then worked our way outside to the steps of the Memorial to admire the distant Washington Monument that was light up with a bright red light on the top. We wandered around this monument for probably another 45minutes before eventually making our way back to our hotel (catching a taxi as our feet hurt from walking so much). Washington DC is an incredible city and admiring some of its most important landmarks at night was a special experience for Lindsay and I.