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Washington DC Video Tour Posted by on Nov 28, 2014

While I’m sure you all enjoyed reading about the capital city of the USA last week, you’d probably like to see a bit more of Washington, D.C. See what you can do on a half-day walking tour of the National Mall in this short video. Featuring the US Capitol, Washington Monument, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln…

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Great American Cities – Washington, D.C. Posted by on Nov 21, 2014

As promised, we’re going to start exploring some “Great American Cities” here after finishing up a long series on the national parks. It makes sense to start with the capital, so our journey around America will begin in Washington, D.C. Name: The city was named after the first American president, George Washington. The “D.C” part…

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Take a virtual vacation to Washington DC for the 4th of July! Posted by on Jul 4, 2013

Today is Independence Day in the United States; it is a national holiday in which people are celebrating when the USA declared its independence as a free country. It is the USA’s birthday! There is probably no better place to be on a nation’s independence day than in the nation’s capital, which in this case…

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Sockets and plugs  Posted by on Feb 7, 2013

I’m sure you have noticed, either in travel or when buying electronics, that we don’t all use the same plugs and sockets for our electronics.  This can be more than a little annoying, especially when traveling, but today this little annoyance is going to offer us that chance to talk about some new vocabulary! First…

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