Any Help w/ Itinerary would be appreciated:)

OK 4 Days in December. I%26#39;m going for my Bday:)

The First night is at the Days Inn on Connecticut Ave, I read terrible reviews but from the posts most agreed for the price its ok for a night and a decent location. Since we get in late I figure oh well...

The rest of the time at the Hilton in Old Alexandria.

I have a few tours set:

1st day wake up early and either leave our bags at the Days Inn or drag them over to the Hilton.

Then we have tours:

8:45 Dept of State

11:00 National Archives

2:00 Library of Congress (thats my Bday present I work at a local library in California)

2nd Day we supposedly have The White House but havent heard back..?

3rd dayNo set plans was hoping to take the tourmobile then go over to Arlington cemetery.

4th day

8:45 Tour of the Captol

11:30 Tour of Bureau of P %26amp; E

Things I want to add:

Holocaust Museum

Washington Monument

A show at the Ford Theatre looks like A Christmas Carol

Arlington Cemetery

Old Post Office View

Natural Science Museum(I think thats where they are putting the American History items?)

Lincoln Memorial

War Memorials

I%26#39;d like to check out:

the bar Tombs the St elmos fire bar?

Bens Chili

Of course I%26#39;d like to go to Mt vernon and see a bit of Old Alexandria

Also does the train or same system go to Baltimore it would also be nice to see The Star Spangles Banner

Thats whats sticking out in my head right now, any help planning/ adding my wishes.

Any suggestions on inexpensive T shirts and souveniers?

Thank you

Any Help w/ Itinerary would be appreciated:)

The first day, leave your bags at the Days Inn since your tour of the Capitol starts at 8:45 a.m. The Holocaust Museum and the Washington Monument both require timed tickets. So my advice would be to get those in advance. Although the Holocaust Museum says it requires timed tickets, some days they just let people in when they show up. You could try this but there%26#39;s no telling how it will work out. Either way expect to wait in line to go through security that is like airport security. Allow 2-3 hours for this museum. Since you will be staying part of the time in Old Town Alexandria, it would be easy to incorporate a walk through the area into your itinerary. Ben%26#39;s Chili would be easy to do as one of your meals. As for getting to Baltimore--during the week, you could take a MARC train there (www.mtamaryland.com). However, if you went on a weekend day, it would have to be by Amtrak. Should you get timed tickets to the Washington Monument, you could take a walk along the Mall afterwards and see the other monuments and memorials.