March 15, 2025 • 4 mins
Megan Singleton's been spending some time in America's capital - and she reckons there's plenty to offer even if you aren't interested in politics.
Washington DC offers outdoor green spaces for hiking and exploring, bars and restaurants, world-class museums and historic monuments.
Read more about Megan's top picks from Washington DC here.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks, EDB Travel with Wendy Woo tours Where
the World Is, Yours Now.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And our Travel correspond to. Megan Singleton joins me. Now,
good morning, Good morning, Washington, DC. How was it?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Oh my gosh, I love that city.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
So I've written I basically updated my post on Washington
for first time is I've also got a post on
Washington for like hidden Gems. But let me just tell
you about like what it was like this week at
the moment, I'm on Wahiki Island, so you're going to
hear all sorts of other things going on.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Through this through my earbuds.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
It's cherry blossom season and I had tried to get
there in time for it, but we were about.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Two weeks too early.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
So what I would suggest for people if you want
to see the blossoms, there's three thousand trees all lining
around the title basin of Jefferson Memorial. Absolutely breathtaking, and
so late March to early Aprils the peak time for that.
We went to an ice hockey game. Oh my goodness.
I love live sport in the US. We've talked about
(01:15):
this before. So we watched the Washington Capitals play the
Detroit Red Wings. Ovechkin so this is a new name
to me. Alex Ovechkin was about to break Wayne Gretzky's
record and no one ever thought he could goal scoring record.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
So we came home with bobblehead dolls.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Every person in the stadium was given a bobblehead of
Alex Ovechkin. It is now Honestly, I've put it on
the blog because it's ridiculous and it's now sitting pride
of place in our house. The People's House is a
new exhibit about the White House, and honestly, it's so cool.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It's interactive.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
I just think these old museums are going to struggle
with these new ones that are coming in that are
so interactive that you touched the wall and because there's
an image projected onto it with a wee button, that
suddenly you've transformed yourself in to the.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Oval office, or the Blue room or the dining room.
You're in the White House.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
It's very, very clever because you usual for people like
us who can't get in.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Well that's the thing you can't. They do still run
tours through the White House. It's virtually impossible to get in,
isn't it.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
It is, because you've got to go through your senator,
and so all the Americans are already doing that. We
are next tier or the Embassy, but the embassy can't
even get tickets because all of the American citizens are
lining up to get in.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So yeah, it's pretty pretty tough to get in.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Something that really struck me about Washington, DC is just
the incredible amount of museums that they have and how
many of them are free.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
So the Smithsonian Institute runs seventeen of the museums and
they're all free. So the Natural History Museum, the Museum
of American American History, the Museum, the Art Portrait Gallery, Museum,
they're all free, and they all line along its massive.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You couldn't really walk it.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You couldn't even see all of the museums in a
week if you went to one every single day.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Tell you what else is free.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
The Library of Congress, which is the most stunning building
we went into there, the Capitol Building.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You can go in that's free. It's really really cool.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And then there's a whole new area called the Wharf,
which we stayed in and I absolutely loved it. And
it's on the Potomac River and it's a new sort
of up and coming area of great restaurants, rooftop bars, hotels.
And it's still within Cooey of the mall, so you
could hire an e bike go from their total around
the mall, get your museums in, you know, or uber
(03:46):
we ubered everywhere as well, so it's pretty easy to
get around.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I also love the fact that you did an evening
cycling tour of all the monuments. I love a different
way to see a city, and.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
They are breathtaking. The Americans still, it's so well, they'll
all lit up. The Martin Luther King Memorial for me,
like the Korean War Memorial is probably probably the most
moving in all of DC. But people talk about the
World War iiO Memorial, the Vietnam War Wall of everybody's
names etched into it and families are there rubbing etchings
(04:19):
onto paper of their descendants and stuff. It was just
it's a really, really beautiful city.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
And I tell you what, doesn't matter who's the president.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You honestly don't really see or notice anything different except
for a few mega caps that are available opposite the
White House. But U T shirts but otherwise you don't
really notice it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Thank you so much, Meghan. Meghan has put this blog
up on her She's put a post up on her
blog blogger at large dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to news talks there'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks, EDB Travel with Wendy Woo tours Where
the World Is, Yours Now.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And our Travel correspond to. Megan Singleton joins me. Now,
good morning, Good morning, Washington, DC. How was it?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Oh my gosh, I love that city.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
So I've written I basically updated my post on Washington
for first time is I've also got a post on
Washington for like hidden Gems. But let me just tell
you about like what it was like this week at
the moment, I'm on Wahiki Island, so you're going to
hear all sorts of other things going on.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Through this through my earbuds.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
It's cherry blossom season and I had tried to get
there in time for it, but we were about.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Two weeks too early.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
So what I would suggest for people if you want
to see the blossoms, there's three thousand trees all lining
around the title basin of Jefferson Memorial. Absolutely breathtaking, and
so late March to early Aprils the peak time for that.
We went to an ice hockey game. Oh my goodness.
I love live sport in the US. We've talked about
(01:15):
this before. So we watched the Washington Capitals play the
Detroit Red Wings. Ovechkin so this is a new name
to me. Alex Ovechkin was about to break Wayne Gretzky's
record and no one ever thought he could goal scoring record.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
So we came home with bobblehead dolls.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Every person in the stadium was given a bobblehead of
Alex Ovechkin. It is now Honestly, I've put it on
the blog because it's ridiculous and it's now sitting pride
of place in our house. The People's House is a
new exhibit about the White House, and honestly, it's so cool.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It's interactive.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
I just think these old museums are going to struggle
with these new ones that are coming in that are
so interactive that you touched the wall and because there's
an image projected onto it with a wee button, that
suddenly you've transformed yourself in to the.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Oval office, or the Blue room or the dining room.
You're in the White House.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
It's very, very clever because you usual for people like
us who can't get in.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Well that's the thing you can't. They do still run
tours through the White House. It's virtually impossible to get in,
isn't it.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
It is, because you've got to go through your senator,
and so all the Americans are already doing that. We
are next tier or the Embassy, but the embassy can't
even get tickets because all of the American citizens are
lining up to get in.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So yeah, it's pretty pretty tough to get in.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Something that really struck me about Washington, DC is just
the incredible amount of museums that they have and how
many of them are free.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
So the Smithsonian Institute runs seventeen of the museums and
they're all free. So the Natural History Museum, the Museum
of American American History, the Museum, the Art Portrait Gallery, Museum,
they're all free, and they all line along its massive.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You couldn't really walk it.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You couldn't even see all of the museums in a
week if you went to one every single day.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Tell you what else is free.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
The Library of Congress, which is the most stunning building
we went into there, the Capitol Building.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You can go in that's free. It's really really cool.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And then there's a whole new area called the Wharf,
which we stayed in and I absolutely loved it. And
it's on the Potomac River and it's a new sort
of up and coming area of great restaurants, rooftop bars, hotels.
And it's still within Cooey of the mall, so you
could hire an e bike go from their total around
the mall, get your museums in, you know, or uber
(03:46):
we ubered everywhere as well, so it's pretty easy to
get around.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I also love the fact that you did an evening
cycling tour of all the monuments. I love a different
way to see a city, and.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
They are breathtaking. The Americans still, it's so well, they'll
all lit up. The Martin Luther King Memorial for me,
like the Korean War Memorial is probably probably the most
moving in all of DC. But people talk about the
World War iiO Memorial, the Vietnam War Wall of everybody's
names etched into it and families are there rubbing etchings
(04:19):
onto paper of their descendants and stuff. It was just
it's a really, really beautiful city.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
And I tell you what, doesn't matter who's the president.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You honestly don't really see or notice anything different except
for a few mega caps that are available opposite the
White House. But U T shirts but otherwise you don't
really notice it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Thank you so much, Meghan. Meghan has put this blog
up on her She's put a post up on her
blog blogger at large dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to news talks there'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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