Unfortunately, my tour occurred on a very rainy, windy day but that didn't stop me from enjoying the experience. The small bus was comfortable and the narration was enjoyable. We stopped off at well-known monuments and not so well-known monuments and I was delighted to learn many new and amazing information. I was unhappy when we were not able to go inside the Frederick Douglas mansion but I am planning to take a tour of it when I return to D.C. It was interesting to see the Shaw neighborhood, U Street with it's murals and Howard University. All in all, a very satisfying tour.At the end of the tour, we were scheduled to go past the White House but everyone on the bus voted to NOT go there. (Personally, I'll wait until Jabba the Dump is out of there before I want to even look at it.) Because of that omission, we arrived at the African-American History and Culture Museum about 1/2 hour earlier than scheduled. This museum is an AMAZING experience!!! There is far too much to see there in one afternoon so I got a map and decided to concentrate on the beginning (Slavery and civil rights up to 1968). I thought I knew all there was to know about slavery and how it began but, truly, I was stunned at what I didn't know. I highly recommend that if you go to the museum you begin at the beginning.Afterwards, I took the elevator up a couple of floors because I wanted to see the Sports exhibit. I wasn't disappointed. It was informative and very, very interesting. I mean, did you know that there were Black baseball players in the Major Leagues long before the Negro League was formed? I didn't. Jackie Robinson was not the first. You're never too old to learn something new.All in all, I highly recommend taking this tour; first because it is an easy and sure-fire way to get into the African-American museum without having to stand in line for hours; and secondly, because you get to see a lot of interesting things that you might not think to go to see on your own and, if you have time, you can go back to see them in depth later.P.S.: The restaurant, Sweet Home Café, at the museum DID NOT impress me. I had the seafood and trying to eat the shrimp was like chewing on rubber. the hush puppies were burnt and hard as rocks. It was a $28.00 disaster. Perhaps I should have chosen another region (the South, for instance) but I like seafood and if you are at a restaurant that people have raved about, you should be able to get seafood that tastes good.