On Saturday morning we got the Bolt Bus to Washington for a little weekend break. We'd managed to find a deal online for a hotel and the Bolt Bus cost about $30 return so it was a bit of a bargain get away really!
The Bolt Bus took about 5 hours to get to Washington (longer than it should), and when we arrived the bus stop had changed places since last time. Before the bus dropped us off in an odd bit of town, now all the bus stops were at the very grand looking Union Station.
The Bolt Bus took about 5 hours to get to Washington (longer than it should), and when we arrived the bus stop had changed places since last time. Before the bus dropped us off in an odd bit of town, now all the bus stops were at the very grand looking Union Station.
Union Station is a HUGE white, pillared, incredibly grand looking train station (I wish I'd taken a photo from the outside) where all the buses and trains go off and visit all different parts of the country.
When we got inside we were both amazed by the ceilings, they were quite spectacular...
Some parts of it were metal, like St. Pancras, and some parts were stone, with gold leaf (or paint)...
The other bits of the station were very impressive too, all the shops inside (and there were lots of them! It felt like an airport or something) had lovely dark wood fronts to them, and there was an incredible big windy staircase in the middle of the station that lead up to some bars and down the food court.
I could imagine it would be a very impressive place to arrive as a foreign diplomat, here to visit and embassy or meet the President, arriving by train and stepping out into this amazing station. It would have made a great first impression!
When our necks had got sore from looking up all the time, we made a quick stop at the souvenir shop before heading out into DC...
Someone was channelling Uncle Sam.
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