Hilton Garden Inn 706 Broad Street, Falls Church , VA, can be accessed via Metro and then Metro Bus. If one gets off at West Fall Church station, hop on Bus 28A, destination: King Street. From East Falls Station, Bus 28A ,destination:Tysons Corners. East Falls Station seems closer to the hotel.

Sunday April 30 and Saturday May 6, I will be free in Washington DC, awaiting my new groups, arriving the next day. I'm planning on spending part of those days in (surprise) Arlington National Cemetery, looking up different people, going to places we don't normally visit. If you, too, are free of a group and wish to join me, please let me know. My cell phone number is: 262-355-5710. Thanks. Bob I'm

The former location of The International Spy Museum , corner of F and 11th Streets NW, will be Nando's Peri-Peri. Opening soon. Plan A: June. Plan B?

At Hampton Inn and Suites in Falls Church, VA, the washing machine and dryer are free. Don't know about soap as I brought my own: 3 in 1 by Purex.

The tunnel between The Library of Congress and the Capitol opened today We were the first school group to go thru. PS. Don't tell any other tour companies.

As you face the Mountain of Despair, the three closest quotes to the right are not lit. They can use their phone flashlights to illuminate them.

Although open since October, renovation aren't expected to be complete until Fall of 2025.

Smithsonian Castle is closed is several years, no date given, until renovations are complete.