Budget Washington DC Trip Itinerary - 4 Days 4 Nights - Autumn season

Washington DC being the capital of United States offers many tourist attractions and historical places which is interesting to visit. Some of these places being features in the box office Hollywood movies and having Pentagon in spy related movies. The main attractions to Washington DC is the National Mall. The National Mall area comprises the area from US Capitol to Washington Monument. The best thing about National Mall is that most of the museums are free of charge. And at the National Mall, you can view most of the national monuments here such as Washington Monument, US Capitol Building, Lincoln Memorial and White House which is the official residence for the president of United States.


US Capitol Building.

White House at night.

Beautiful main hall of Library of Congress.

Learn the meaning of freedom from Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Day	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	Night
Day 1 (Thur)	1. Arrival 6.00am at Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) via Virgin America flight from Los Angeles, USA 2. Taking Metrobus 5A from Washington Dulles Airport to Rosslyn Metro station. From Rosslyn Metro Station you have direct access to Washington DC. I took the metro train to Braddock Road Station in Alexandria, Virginia. Do take note that Washington DC is located nearby state of Virginia and Maryland. 3. Check in at Home Stay via Airbnb. Great the host allowed me to put my luggage.	1. Lunch. Hard Times cafe 2. Visit Old Town of Alexandria, Virginia. View photos of Alexandria here.	1. Washington Monument 2. Lincoln Memorial 3. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 4. US Capitol outside view.	1. Dinner. Chinatown Express having chicken noodles. 2. White House at night outside view.
Day 2 (Fri)	1. US Capitol Visitor Centre	1. Lunch at US Capitol Cafeteria. 2. Library Of Congress. This is the world largest library. Beautiful interior.	1. National Gallery of Art	1. Dinner. Panda Express.
Day 3 (Sat)	1. Breakfast at King Street Cafe 2. Arlington National Cemetery	1. Lunch. Ben's Chili Bowl.	1. Georgetown, Washington DC.	1. Dinner. Little Viet Garden Restaurant for Vietnamese food.
Day 4 (Sun)	1. Breakfast. Cereal at home stay. 2. Thomas Jefferson Memorial.	1. Martin Luther King Memorial	1. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. 2. Shopping in Pentagon City Mall.	1. Dinner. J Paul's Georgetown having baby back rib.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum @ Washington DC

Out of all the museums I visited on my trip to DC, this would have to be the most memorable. I can't even explain how it impacted me the entire time I was in there.

The museum is designed also to give you a glimpse of what it was like during the holocaust and being inside a concentration camp. Not that there could be any comparison but even those minute glimpses is enough to make you walk away with a feeling of unease and discomfort. During my visit. they have special exhibition on propaganda. I really learn a lot on the effect of propaganda and how it was use by the Nazis. This method is now widely used by the politician around the world to gain support from their own people. This really open up my mind as well. Not many photos here as can't take photo in the exhibition area.


Hall of Remembrance.

Museum lobby area.

Very informative and detail exhibition about propaganda.

The US Holocaust Memorial.

Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW
(between S 15th St & S Jefferson Dr)
Washington, DC 20024
Metro Station: Smithsonian Metro Station (Blue, Orange)
Coordinate/GPS: 38.886557,-77.032191
Entrance fee: Free.
Opens: Mon-Sun 10 am - 5:30 pm