Hiki ke aʻo ʻia nā ins a me waho, quirks a me ka ʻike o ke kūlanakauhale. Inā ʻaʻole kūpono kēlā i kāu manawa, ua laki ʻoe. Me kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, e hoʻokele ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi i Wakinekona, DC, e like me ka pro.

1. E pale i ke kalaiwa. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻolālā ka ʻenekini Palani ʻo Pierre Charles L'Enfant i nā alanui o Wakinekona e huikau a hoʻonāukiuki i nā pūʻali ʻenemi e hoʻouka ana i ke kūlanakauhale. E hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokele i kēia kūlanakauhale i ke kumu e hoʻomau ai ka moʻolelo. Ua māhele ʻia ke kūlanakauhale i ʻehā ʻehā o kahi panana – NW, NE, SE, SW. Noho ka US Capitol ma ke kikowaena o nā quadrants, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, no laila ʻo Northwest ka wahi nui loa. ʻO nā palena o kēlā me kēia quadrant ʻo ke alanui ʻo North Capitol, South Capitol Street, East Capitol a me ka National Mall. Ma laila e hoʻomaka ai nā helu alanui a lilo i mau helu a me nā leka o ka pīʻāpā. E holo ana na alanui hua palapala ma ka hikina a me ke komohana a holo na alanui helu ma ka akau a me ka hema. No ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia hoʻopunipuni kuhikuhi, he nui nā ala diagonal o ke kūlanakauhale (ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau inoa ma hope o nā mokuʻāina) e holo ana ma nā ʻano o nā kaʻa kaʻa keʻokeʻo. A e makaʻala i nā ramp ala kaʻa e ʻike ʻole ʻia a hiki ke lawe iā ʻoe ma kahi alahaka i Virginia ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana.

2. E noʻonoʻo i kāu mau ʻano Metro. Haʻaheo ka ʻōnaehana transit DC no ka lilo ʻana i mea maʻemaʻe a hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ma ka ʻāina. E kōkua kekahi mau hana maʻalahi iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i ka Metro me ka maʻalahi. Aia ma ka escalator, e kū ma ka ʻākau a hele ma ka hema, e ʻae i ka poʻe wikiwiki e hele. Mai ʻai a inu paha ma Metro. E kū ma kahi ʻaoʻao a lawe i kahi manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i kahi e hele ai. Hoʻoholo ʻia ke ala e hele ai kahi kaʻaahi Metro e kona wahi hope loa. No ka laʻana, e ʻōlelo ana kahi kaʻaahi ʻAlani e hele ana i ke komohana, "Laina ʻAlani i Vienna." Aia nā palapala 'āina nui a maopopo i kēlā me kēia kikowaena, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mea āpau. Mai kū i ke komo ʻana o ke kaʻa Metro, akā e neʻe loa i loko o ke kaʻa. Eia kekahi, e hoʻomanaʻo i kā mākou ʻōnaehana kaʻa kaʻa lalo i kapa ʻia ʻo Metro, mai ʻōlelo ʻoe ʻo ia ka subway.

3. E noʻonoʻo i ka hāʻule. Hele nā malihini i Wakinekona ma waena o ʻApelila a ʻAukake. Hiki i ke kūlanakauhale ke wela a me ka haʻahaʻa i ke kauwela, kahi e hana ai ka huakaʻi hele a puni nā mea hoʻomanaʻo āpau i waho. E hoʻomanaʻo, nani ʻo DC i ka makahiki a puni - ʻoi loa i ka hāʻule.

4. E kipa i kou Luna Ahaolelo. Kāhea i mua no ke kipa ʻana me kāu lunamakaʻāinana. Hiki i nā keʻena Congressional ke hāʻawi pinepine i nā lawelawe kūikawā a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no nā malihini.

5. E ʻai i kou ala a puni ka honua. He ipu hoʻoheheʻe maoli ʻo Wakinekona me nā kamaʻāina mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua, i ʻike ʻia ma nā menus ma nā hale ʻaina wahi. E poina i nā hale ʻaina kaulahao āu i loaʻa ai ma ka home. Akā, e hana like me Columbus a ʻike i ka palette honua o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā mea punahele kūloko e pili ana i nā tapas Mekiko ma Oyamel, India ma Rasika, ʻAitiopa ma Etete, Italia ma Dino a me Belgian ma Brasserie Beck.

6. E hoʻolālā i mua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i loko o nā wahi hoihoi o Wakinekona me ka ʻole o nā tikiki a i ʻole nā kauka, akā pono kekahi o nā mea nui e hoʻomākaukau mua. ʻO ka poʻe kipa i makemake e lawe i ka huakaʻi alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka Hale Keʻokeʻo pono e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hui o ʻumi a ʻoi aku paha a noi i ka huakaʻi ma o kā lākou lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho i kahi noi a hiki i ʻeono mahina ma mua, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e aʻo i ka lā a me ka manawa o kāu huakaʻi a hiki i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua. Loaʻa nā huakaʻi alakaʻi o ka US Capitol mai 9 am a 4:30 pm, Pōʻakahi a hiki i ka Pōʻaono. Loaʻa nā tikiki manuahi ma ke kumu hele mua, lawelawe mua ma ka Capitol Guide Service Kiosk e hoʻomaka ana ma 9 am Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kāu mau tiketi ke kiʻi ʻoe iā lākou. ʻO ka lā hoʻokahi, hiki ke paʻakikī ke kiʻi i nā tiketi manuahi i ka Washington Monument. No $1.50, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa mua ma o recreation.gov.

7. E hoʻopaʻa i kou mau kāmaʻa holo a i ʻole kaʻa kaʻa. Me ka ʻoi aku o 200 mau mile o nā ala ma Wakinekona, ʻo ka jogging a me ke kaʻa kaʻa he mau hana kaulana. ʻO ka poʻe holo i makemake i ka lawe ʻana i nā kia hoʻomanaʻo a me ka huli ʻana a puni ka Mall, pono lākou e ʻimi i ka jogging i ke kakahiaka nui, no ka mea, piʻi nui ka wahi ma hope o ka lā. A i ʻole e hele i Rock Creek Park, he 1,800 ʻeka maze o nā ala nani a i hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻia, e holo ana i 11 mau mile mai ka Lincoln Memorial a ma waho o ka palena ʻo Maryland. E holo ana kahi ala paʻa mai ka Kennedy Center ma ka paka. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā ala ma kahi kokoke i Dupont Circle a me ka National Zoo.

8. E hele makaikai. Loaʻa iā LA a me New York nā hōkū kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hiʻohiʻona. Ma DC nā mea pāʻani mana ka politicos. E mālama i kou mau maka a ʻike paha ʻoe i kekahi mau mea kaulana ma Wakinekona. Aia nā wahi mana maʻamau ʻo The Palm a me Off the Record, ka pā ma The Hay-Adams Hotel. No ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui, e kipa i ka Bistro Bis ma ka Puʻu a i ʻole nā Kau ʻEhā ma Georgetown. ʻO ka haʻi'ōlelo o ka Hale Nancy Pelosi ke hele pinepine nei i ka Source. He mea maʻamau ʻo Senatoa Harry Reid ma Westend Bistro na Eric Ripert. A ʻo ke Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Condoleezza Rice he hapa i ka Bombay Club, kokoke i ka Hale Paʻi.

9. Hoʻolohe i ke kahua mele. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Duke Ellington ka moʻolelo Jazz a hānai ʻia ma Wakinekona a ke hoʻomau nei kahi kuʻuna mele holomua me ka nui o nā wahi wela e hoʻolohe ai i nā mele ola, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ke alanui U Street kahi i pāʻani ai ʻo Ellington. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Bohemian Caverns i nā poʻe a pau mai Coltrane a i Calloway a ʻo ka hui ʻahaʻaina ma lalo o ka honua e hōʻike mau ana i nā hui jazz. Aia ma ke alanui ʻo The Black Cat, nona nā mea hoʻokumu ʻo Foo Fighter Dave Grohl. ʻO Modest Mouse, ka White Stripes a me Jeff Buckley kekahi mau inoa i hoʻokani ma kēia hui hipster. Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kaona, ma Georgetown aia ʻo Blues Alley, ka hui ʻaina ahiahi kahiko loa o ka ʻāina. E nānā i ka papahana ma mua ke kūʻai koke aku nā inoa nui.

10. E waiho i kāu ʻeke. ʻAʻole manuahi ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi o DC - nā hale hōʻikeʻike Smithsonian, ka Washington National Cathedral, National Geographic Society, Library of Congress a me nā mea hou aku. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō nā uku manuahi e loaʻa. I kēlā me kēia lā, hoʻokipa manuahi ʻo Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage i ka hola 6 pm. Hoʻokipa ʻo Tryst Coffeehouse ma ke kaiāulu ʻo Adams Morgan i nā pō jazz manuahi i ka Pōʻakahi a hiki i nā pō Pōʻakolu (a me Wi-Fi manuahi i ka pule). E kau i kou pāpale hunter a ʻike ʻoe he nui nā ala manuahi e makaʻala i ke kapikala.