When you will visit WASHINGTON DC you won't miss to spot - basically from anywhere - a huge obelisk...
On the touring guide most likely you will read that it's not "just an obelisk" ... it is the 555ft/169m tall WASHINGTON MONUMENT built between 1848 and 1884 in honor of the first President of the United States, George Washington. It is also the tallest free standing masonry (actually this work challenged my English dictionary!) structure in the world ... and it is located between the LINCOLN MEMORIAL and the US CAPITOL at center of THE MALL and it is surrounded by 50 flagpoles, with each flag representing one state. From the observatory on top of the structure, you have a fantastic view over all of the city. Admission is free, but you have to reserve a ticket ...
... but believe me ... the local folks don't care too much about it ... and actually they will try with any mean to put themselves between your camera and that big piece of stone ... look at these pictures I took on Sunday ... they organize POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES ...
On the touring guide most likely you will read that it's not "just an obelisk" ... it is the 555ft/169m tall WASHINGTON MONUMENT built between 1848 and 1884 in honor of the first President of the United States, George Washington. It is also the tallest free standing masonry (actually this work challenged my English dictionary!) structure in the world ... and it is located between the LINCOLN MEMORIAL and the US CAPITOL at center of THE MALL and it is surrounded by 50 flagpoles, with each flag representing one state. From the observatory on top of the structure, you have a fantastic view over all of the city. Admission is free, but you have to reserve a ticket ...
... but believe me ... the local folks don't care too much about it ... and actually they will try with any mean to put themselves between your camera and that big piece of stone ... look at these pictures I took on Sunday ... they organize POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES ...
... FOOTBALL matches ...
... they played KICKBALL (a funny sport ... same rules of baseball, but with a bigger ball, no bat and apparently more freedom in the gears ...) ...
... or any other sport they can think or invent ...
... they won't let you take pictures even with the tripod ...
... and when you will get really close and you will try to touch it ... they organize funny pacifist protests ...
... at the end of the day I learned my lesson, gave up on that and I decided to take a picture of an easier target ...
... :o
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