The White House

Outside the White House, a bustling crowd of people thronged the streets, countless tourists from various countries, and numerous student groups, milling about. Among them were three or four people, each holding a megaphone, arguing with one another. Some supported Trump, some exchanged insults, and some preached religious views. The funniest part was when a homeless man, begging for money, seized the opportunity and, unnoticed, used an even louder megaphone to intervene: "You're all right, but I only believe beer can bring me solutions. Don't you believe that? So, someone give me a beer, and I'll tell you what the truth is."

The office of the President of the United States is completely different from the White House I imagined. What I mistakenly thought was the White House on TV was actually Congress... I think if I hadn't come to the United States, I might have mistaken Congress for the White House for the rest of my life... This is the meaning of traveling thousands of miles.

The White House was heavily guarded, so you couldn't get in. You could only take photos from the perimeter. I wonder if Trump was working inside at the time.

I recently had a chance to tour the interior of the White House! The decor and furniture exude elegance and taste, each president has left their mark on it. It's like a museum dedicated to the presidents of the United States.

There were many scenes that I had only seen on TV or in the news (the president’s state banquet hall, the president’s lounge, the library, the press conference room, etc.), but when I personally arrived at them, I felt that my status had become taller.

Friends who want to know how to visit the White House can send me a private message~

I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the White House, and I feel incredibly honored. White House tours require an application two to three months in advance; otherwise, it won't be approved. You'll receive an invitation letter from the First Family two weeks before your visit. On the morning of your visit, you'll queue through security and enter the White House with your invitation. The rooms inside the White House are decorated in a European retro style, reminiscent of a 19th-century French palace. I especially loved the floor-to-ceiling windows in the second-floor Blue Room overlooking the obelisk; it felt like a peaceful, tranquil place. I wrote a travelogue about my visit to the White House, but I can't figure out how to link to my review. You can check my homepage. You can find instructions for applying for a White House tour at the bottom of the article, or you can send me a private message.

The White House, the official residence of the President and a symbol of power, is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The white neoclassical sandstone building is stately and elegant, with the main building and east and west wings designed for both administrative and banquet functions. Originally built in 1792 and rebuilt after wartime, its six-story interior, with 132 guest rooms, has witnessed countless historical moments. Visitors must make reservations in advance to visit the interior, but the exterior south and north lawns and gardens offer breathtaking views year-round, perfect for photo opportunities. As a landmark of American politics and culture, the White House not only carries the memory of policy decisions but also captivates the world with its unique architectural aesthetic.

When we arrived in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, we had to see the White House. Although we didn't go inside for the press conference, we still managed to satisfy our curiosity. We stumbled upon a pillar standing in front of the White House lawn. When we asked, our tour guide explained that it was the "Zero Kilometer" sign, much like the starting point of Highway 318 next to Shanghai's People's Square.

Living in Washington, D.C., for a year, I had the opportunity to frequently explore the White House grounds. I visited the White House three times. The first time was in February 2019, organized by my school, and I could only visit the Main Building. The second time was during the White House Open House in April, where I could only visit the South Lawn and surrounding area, but not the Main Building. The third time was in July, when I applied through a U.S. congressman to visit the Main Building again.

Successfully entered the White House. The reservation process is not complicated, but you have to make an appointment a long time in advance and whether you can make an appointment depends on luck.

If you are a U.S. resident (living in the U.S., you do not need to be a citizen or have a green card), you can go to your district congressman's website to apply for a White House tour, provide enough candidate time, fill in the visitor information as required, and then wait quietly. You will receive an email about a week before the visit to inform you whether the appointment is successful and the specific time of the tour.

If you are in China, the White House says to ask the embassy to forward the visiting application. Of course, the Chinese Embassy will not interfere with your matter. In fact, you can find a friend living in the United States to help you submit the application according to the above method.

The White House is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. It is home to members of the First Family. Part of the White House is open to citizens of the world during designated hours, making it a popular tourist destination.

After walking across the White House Oval, we arrived at the South Facade of the White House. You can only take photos at the photo booths, and you need to make an appointment to visit, which is quite troublesome. We just checked in and left.

There are two sides to the White House, one in Lafayette Square and one in President's Park. 😉

I wanted to visit the White House but failed, so I could only look at it from the outside.

It looked incredibly low-key, not at all like the presidential residence of a superpower. Any county-level government office in China would be more impressive. When we arrived, the lights were just turning on, and the protesters holding signs at the gate had already left. Only two police officers were casually patrolling the gate. It didn't feel like a strict security presence; everyone could walk up to the railings and look out over the White House.

It's not a big deal, you can just take a look and leave, and it's quite far away. I can't even see it clearly on TV. . . . .

A must-see place in Washington, the environment is pretty good, there are many tourists, I wonder if the American president is used to living here

You can only watch from a distance and cannot go inside.

After all, it is the president's office. If you want to go in and visit, you need to make an appointment. I didn't know about this before.

The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, D.C., at 38°53'N, 77°02'W. It borders Lafayette Square to the north, Ellipse Park to the south, and faces the Washington Monument. The white, two-story building serves as the official residence and offices of the President of the United States, as well as the residence of the First Family. Following the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States, when British troops burned down the presidential palace, the reddish-brown stone walls of the presidential residence were painted white in 1814 to conceal the damage.

They say that you can’t visit the White House after 9/11. I checked the official website and found that theoretically you can still visit the White House, but you need to make an appointment through a congressman... So, there is basically no hope for tourists like me.

Although you can't get in, many tourists come here to take pictures. It's actually a small two-story house. It's not the center of power, but just a temporary office for the housekeeper. The highest authority in the United States is the U.S. Congress, which is managed through the Washington City Government.

Take a tourist photo, just visit here, that's all.

The lawn outside the White House is surrounded by green trees, and many people are marching to donate. Walking around the White House, I saw the Oval Office from a distance, and then walked to the beautiful Tidal Basin.

The White House was incredibly difficult to find, whether driving or walking. We were so dizzy from driving that we nearly got a heat stroke from walking. The White House's backyard was like a market, gathering all sorts of individuals, groups, and organizations, from circuses to protests and speeches.

I was lucky enough to get an appointment to visit the White House. You can't bring anything except your wallet and ID.

The official website requires visitors to reserve guided tours 21 days in advance. Tours are open only to the plaza and first-floor viewing area, and reservations can take up to six months. Foreign citizens must apply through their home country's US consulate or the consulate in Washington, D.C., and must submit a passport. It's reported that guided tours are generally not granted to foreign citizens.

Visitors can usually only take photos with the White House from a distance, outside the iron fence of the White House South Lawn, which is eight feet away from the Rose Garden. The most important thing is that after entering this shooting path, you will be under the surveillance of armed police officers throughout the process, and all backpacks are not allowed to be placed on the ground, even when taking pictures.

You can only admire it from afar. For the president's safety, not only is it off-limits to visitors, but police have also barricaded it dozens of meters away. The security is incredibly tight. Just lean over the railing to satisfy your curiosity, snap a photo, and you've truly experienced it.

The White House is always full of mystery to people.

We were unable to see the front of No. 1600 because of a parade on the day of our visit.

I have to say that the architecture of the United States is very impressive. When I arrived at the White House, I saw a bunch of policemen surrounding it, saying that they were not allowed to get close to the White House.

I zoomed the lens to its maximum and only managed to capture a small area like the one in Figure 1 below. You can't blame me for calling it a "small" White House. Anyway, you can't see it up close. You can only see it from a distance.

The White House on the right, the obelisk on the left, just a monument, just take a walk outside

Picture 2 below is probably the back of the White House. Everyone was taking pictures outside. I saw a few people walking out of the yard. They probably applied to the embassy for a White House tour, which was a very troublesome application.

The White House (English: The White House) is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. It is actually a very small building and can only be seen from a distance.

Haha, anyway, I was very excited and happy, all of them were government buildings,

February 13, 2018: My previous impression of the White House was that it was so grand and impressive, and the closer I got, the more excited I got. But when I finally got there, I realized it was just a plain, three-story house. Trump doesn't like it, and there's a reason for that. Security was tight outside, with security personnel everywhere, and every vehicle entering the White House was subject to a rigorous inspection. The US is indeed a democratic country, and you can even see small parades.

You have to wait for the time to visit the First Lady's vegetable garden at the White House.

The official residence of the President of the United States, a landmark building in Washington

You can only watch from a distance. You can make an appointment to visit, but it should be a long time in advance.

There are shared bikes and people who don't know what's really going on...

The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States. While heavily guarded, it's imperceptible to visitors; you can lean over the railings to peer inside and take photos without being stopped. Standing outside the railings, you can clearly see the rooms and balconies. An elderly woman has long been protesting at the back entrance of the White House and has not been evicted. Some rooms are open to the public at set times.

If you don't have a reservation, you can only look at the White House from a distance, so there's not much feeling.

I seem to remember that the White House was open to the public only on special days. Actually, I can’t remember clearly, as if I have lost my memory_(:з」∠)_ Anyway, we didn’t go in that year

Look carefully! This is the White House. Domestic news reports on speeches from the White House often use Capitol Hill as the backdrop, confusing everyone. After watching White House Down, I'm sure few people will mistake it for the White House. Protesters are constantly outside the White House gates, some even permanently stationed there. It's a nice touch of real democracy. There are open houses a few days a week. If you check ahead, you can go inside and see the working environment of the US President. However, it seems like the general idea has been shown in many movies, and you won't be allowed to explore deeper areas.

The President lives in the White House, so we can only take pictures from a distance.

There's not much to say about the place. I didn't see the vegetable patch that former First Lady Michelle Obama cultivated, but I did see quite a few people coming in and out of the West Wing. I checked the website and found out that while the White House is open to visitors, it's almost impossible for Chinese people to enter. You have to apply through the Chinese Embassy in the United States and then get approval from Congress, and no one has yet been successful. There were so many people outside the metal fence that it was impossible to find a place to stand. I quickly took some photos and considered it a visit.

It's a very unassuming white house. If it weren't surrounded by tourists, I'd probably only glance at it as I passed by. No wonder people say it's unfair for Trump to live there. There are always protesters outside the White House, and I heard you have to make an appointment with the embassy to enter, which doesn't seem that easy. Just admire it from a distance.

It looked so close on TV, but actually it looked very small when we were standing outside the iron fence.

The president’s residence is also a must-see. The south garden offers better views, but it’s a bit far away, and the north side isn’t what you see on TV.

On rainy days, I can only watch from a distance. It is much smaller than I imagined.

I wonder if Senior Chuan is comfortable living there now. After all, I heard it's the worst of his many properties, which really hurts him. You can actually make an appointment to visit the house, but you have to go through the embassy. I wonder if the Chinese embassy has such a service. Actually, the only thing you can do is take a photo in front of Senior Chuan's house. There are police officers guarding the door, so if you're not careful, you'll end up taking a photo with them. There's nothing else to worry about.

The first time I went, I was able to see what it was like. The last time I went was after Trump took office, and the White House was surrounded by a barbed wire fence, which was very tight. I immediately lost interest and felt that there was nothing to see.

Earth Affairs Control Office VVVIP

You need to make an appointment to queue up to enter the visit, so I didn't go in. I guessed where Lewinsky's office was, haha

This is the closest any ordinary person can get to the President of the United States. When my parents visited in 1998, they could take photos near the fence. Now, security has been tightened, and there are railings separating the sidewalk from the fence.

The White House (also known as the White House) is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. It is owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. The White House is featured on the back of the $20 bill.

Every time I come to Washington, I always go here. This is a country where you can breathe freely.

There were a lot of people outside the White House, mostly Chinese. This place, which appears countless times in American TV series, is actually pretty good. I think it's just a single-family house in Washington, D.C. Haha.

Looking at the small White House from a distance, the only feeling I have is that the security is quite strict.

Also known as the White House, it is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. It was officially named the "White House" by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. The White House is owned by the United States National Park Service and is part of the "President's Park".[1]

The White House is a white, neoclassical sandstone building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It covers over 73,000 square meters and consists of the Main Building, the East Wing, and the West Wing. Because it serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States, the term "White House" often refers to the U.S. government.

When I went there, there was an event on the South Square of the White House the next day. A temporary tent had been set up and any vehicle entering was subject to strict inspection. I could not get through and could only take two photos from a distance.

Needless to say, this is one of the must-see attractions in Washington.

There was a parade going on nearby, it was quite chaotic and a bit scary, but I still had to go once I was in Washington.

This is the soul center of the United States, and the president of the United States has his office here. Basically, tourists can only "look" at it from a distance and look at the main entrance, just like looking at the Xinhua Gate in Beijing, but they can't go inside at all.

Compared to Buckingham Palace, the Louvre, and the Forbidden City, it's noticeably more modest, a result of Washington's insistence on avoiding grandeur and extravagance. Burned down by invading British troops in 1812, it was rebuilt with a whitewashed whitewash instead of the original grayish-blue color. "White House" is a Chinese translation, often referred to as the "Little White House" by the public and officially as the Presidential Palace until 1901, when it was officially unified as "The White House."

You can only see it from a distance, but it's exciting to see the accommodation of the US President. In addition, the famous nail house opposite the White House is also impressive.

I asked an American friend to help me book an interior tour two months in advance. Overall, the interior is small and exquisite, and the oil paintings and photos of past presidents and their wives are very real and beautiful.

You can only watch from a distance outside the railing...

For Christmas in the White House, America!

Just for the sake of achieving oneself.

Of course, we visited from a distance, beyond the fence, and took photos under the watchful eyes of the guards. The White House rooftop was covered in snipers; anyone trying to get past it would be doomed. I saw Mrs. Obama's vegetable patch through the fence, and it was quite simple. It couldn't compare to the Chinese people's natural talent for growing vegetables.

Of course, you can't miss the White House when you're in DC. Although we didn't have a reservation to visit the interior, we at least wanted to take some photos and group photos. After a long day of walking, we took a short break after lunch and walked to the back door of the White House to take some photos. The last time I took photos from the Washington Monument, I didn't think the White House was that small. Compared to the tall, complex buildings around it, it seemed a little pitiful.

Of course, I could only watch from a distance through the guardrail.

So arrogant! It feels like their leaders are very close to the people! This big backyard is open to all you can see! Hahaha! However, when my family goes out, they are really arrogant, flying!

Visitors can see the White House from a distance through the fence. There are also chasers patrolling on the roof of the White House, so the security is very tight!

I'm not too interested in this kind of place. The building behind the American banknotes can be used for taking pictures.

The White House is pitifully small, with only about 5,000 square meters of usable space. The building is short, and it is said that Washington thought three stories would be enough, so he didn't build more.

It is impossible to go inside a place like the White House, so you can just look at it from the outside. However, there are some buildings around the White House that are worth seeing. Not far from the White House is a building that looks very old and very beautiful, see the picture.

There weren't many people there, just tourists, and I didn't see Obama.

Afterwards, we looked at the place where Mr. Obama lived from a distance. It looked very cool here. There were soldiers standing guard on the rooftops and snipers everywhere.

There are a lot of tourists, but to be honest, it's just a white house. There's nothing good to see from a distance. Maybe it would be more interesting if someone could take you inside to have a look around and listen to the introduction of the historical story.

It certainly didn't look as majestic as it does on TV. According to the tour guide, the reason it was small was to avoid extravagance, as long as everything was complete. The building on the left was the First Lady's office, and the one on the right was the President's. The entire place, including all the facilities, was so spacious that the President rarely left the house; everything was done in the White House. The entire White House was surrounded by police cars and vans.