Today we returned to Washington to visit our friends from Q’s End and go to the Newseum – a museum devoted to the collection of news. Now you may think that it would be boring but we did not even get through half of it and I would return to it again. It was an interactive museum and as explained in the brochure, a place where five centuries of news history meets up to date technology. They had displays on the Berlin Wall, how it was created and taken down, Pulitzer prize pictures, many, many video displays on the first newspapers in the USA, discussions on how the news should and is reported and much more. The highlights however were the displays on Hurricane Katrina and the news reporting thereof and 9/11. Both were well done and brought tears to your eyes.
Inside the Newseum
After leaving the Newseum, we went out for dinner at a great Chinese restaurant, close to the marina where Q’s End is tied up. We said goodbye to our friends Tom and Linda, hoping we would see them down the road. At the marina was a boat which was being worked on when we were at the Atlantic Yacht Basin getting work done on our boat. it is now in Washington for tours.
The Newseum had a balcony which was directly in front of the Canadian Embassy so we took pictures - David, Brenda and finally Tom,Linda, Brenda and David
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