DC Trip Day 3

Traveled- Springfield VA to District of Columbia - 14 miles.
We woke up at 7:30 am, ate breakfast, and at about 8:45 we headed down for the shuttle to the Metro.
The guy who drove the shuttle was very nice and helpful and we had no problem with getting onto the Metro, can be compared to the El.
We took the Metro from the Fancornio stop to the Smithsonian stop. When we got off we got ready to walk. We walked from the station past the Agriculture Centers to the Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust Museum was very very very interesting. My favorite Parts were David's Story (a little kids story of the holocaust) and the shoes from the concentration camps. There were also rooms of pictures of those who didn't survive. I thought the whole thing was just fascinating.
After rushing through that we walked to the Capitol. We had a tour at 12:50, and we saw the Rotunda, as well as the old congress rooms (which the acoustics are AMAZING), however the only downfall of all of this was we didn't see the actually congress in cessions. O well, maybe next time.
We then headed down Pennsylvania Ave. We saw all the different building, the Navy Building, Canada Embassy (why it was there I do not know), and the FBI building. O and the IRS which I flicked off for just a spilt second... :-p had to. We saw the White house, from about a quarter mile away. The security was SO tight for some reason we had to walk to the middle of a field and take pictures behind a fence.
We then went to see all the different monuments: the Washington, World War I and II, Lincoln, Vietnam, and Korean. They all were unique my favorite was probably the World War I and II cause I could soak my feet in it for a little bit. and it was beautiful. Lincoln was very cool too through. Korean was kinda creepy. And the Vietnam was just sad to think of everyone who died. Around the Vietnam and Korean there were lots of Asian people ironically.
What I thought was so weird about the experience was I didn't expect Washington DC to be such a city city... The building are only 14 stories high if that, but they all are like 14 stories high. I expected more room between the buildings I guess. It's really not that big, just bigger than I thought. I espeically imagined more green space around the white house...
We are going back tomorrow to hit up all the museums. Should be a good time.