We walked past the front of the White House just to be able to say we did.  Pennsylvania Ave that runs in front of it is closed to traffic for 2 blocks in either direction so you have to walk!  And, the sidewalk has guards every few feet so you have to walk in the street.  We didn’t get a glimpse of anyone, not that I thought we would.  There was a demonstration going on in the street in front but as it was in a different language we had no idea what was going on with that.

Here are a couple of pictures we took: