Washington Day 1

I took the Metro this morning down to the centre of Washington today and first stop was the White House – which is as small as everyone says it is. There was some activity on the balcony but it's too far across the lawn to see what exactly was going on, there were certainly a few 'blokes in black suits' knocking about. I walked down from the Whitehouse towards the Mall cutting off the corner and ended up in the Ronald Regan food court – no, I've no Idea why it's called that either! But there was a good fresh food buffet in there so I got a large Salad to go and sat amongst the city types having lunch, almost as good as 'Zorba the Greek's' in Manchester, but lacked the company (Kathryn). I hobbled over to the Air and Space Museum, my back is still giving me gyp and took a look around the various halls here, some were interesting, but many were old and out dated, though from what I've read the Smithsonian Institute (who run the museums are nearly broke but absolutely refuse to charge for admission so this is the price.