My hotel was a block away from the US Capitol itself, so I actually wandered around the area a number of time over the week. One of those days I had enough free time to go for the US Capitol tour. I got there an hour or so before the tours started to try to avoid the queues. The queue was not as massive as in the afternoon but I still didn’t manage to get a spot as early as I’d like.
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It may be regarded as a bit of an anti-climax if I didn’t go to any famous LA shopping hotspots. But jetlag and lack of personal transport meant that it was just more convenient to go to the local suburban shopping centre. But what a mall!
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