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I'm very lucky, as my daughter works and lives there, so I usually have a cheap place to stay! In that city, the hotels are pretty pricey so it's nice to be able to save on accommodations.

The buildings there are so impressive, and so beautiful. I never get tired of it. The capitol dome at night--from every angle it is just gorgeous! The intense white against the dark blue night sky--it's embedded in my memory to think about when I consider the word "beautiful".

The view is much better than the view from the Washington Monument. There are such huge windows, some covered with Plexiglas, but others with wires preventing any accidents. I could see all the way to Alexandria, Virginia from there! I highly recommend a visit there.

I found it fascinating to see each step in the process that a woman would have had to take to do her laundry back then. They had a few hands on things with the exhibit-you could lift a water bucket that weighed 21 pounds, and read that it took 25 of them to do a load of wash. You could also twist this bar to get a feel of what it was like to wring the clothes out. Very enlightening! Weird, but I really loved that exhibit of all of them there!

There is an artist there who whose work I love but I hate to spend the $$ to buy anything, but I expect I will give in to my whims eventually. The fruits and vegetables are tempting, too! And there was a pickle booth with all different levels of garlic, and gave out samples--they were delicious, and I'm not even that big of a pickle fan!

Eastern Market is not one of the usual tourist spots in Washington DC but it is a really cool, homey neighborhood district where you can feel like you are one of the locals very easily. Overall I think Washington DC is a real gem of a vacation spot for all you people looking for vacation ideas. Don’t miss out on this one.

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