Washington Highlights
Okay, so I feel a little bad about my truncated version of Washington DC, and this isn’t going to be much better, but this time I’m posting pictures. I’ll be posting the rest of my pictures later this weekend, so look for that!
Day 1
Friday. We arrive in DC and spend the rest of the evening checking in to the hotel and hanging out with Tyler and Alana drinking beer and barhopping (ah, kneipentour!).
Day 2
Saturday. Our first day checking out the city (slightly hungover). Because we were staying about a hour outside of DC we realize we’re going to have to get up much earlier for the rest of our trip (today we mostly just had time to look at the monuments and buildings). We go see 300 later in the evening (stylistically amazing).
Day 3
Sunday. We devote most of the day to the National Archives (I didn’t really find this worth the hype. The Declaration is pretty faded and everyone is pushing you out of the way to see something they can’t read) and the Air and Space Museum (way cool! Airplanes and rockets and spaceships and even a “current American History” section with features like the Kermit the Frog Muppet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers)
Day 4
Monday. We get up early and manage to make it to DC by 8:30. Because most museums don’t open until 9:00 or later, we go visit Arlington Cemetery first. I personally like the amphitheater architecture (we also saw the changing of the guard on the Tomb of the Unknown soldier which was sort of interesting…and long). Later, while Shaw explores the portrait gallery, Kerry and Ant and I go to the museum of Natural History and the Botanical Gardens. My camera battery dies (tragedy! I’m addicted to taking snapshots).
Day 5
Tuesday. Today we all go our separate ways. I spend most of the day in Georgetown and manage to find a Chipotle. Although I take pictures with a disposable camera, these don’t turn out very well.
Day 6
Wednesday. Last day. I have to be out of the hotel early so I wander around Georgetown for a while with my luggage, then take the metro out of town to have lunch with Ty before heading to the airport.
And that’s about all the highlights I have the energy for. I’ve entered a sort of malaise since my return to Iowa and am just generally unwilling to do homework or understand why I feel so anxious.
Day 1
Friday. We arrive in DC and spend the rest of the evening checking in to the hotel and hanging out with Tyler and Alana drinking beer and barhopping (ah, kneipentour!).
Day 2
Saturday. Our first day checking out the city (slightly hungover). Because we were staying about a hour outside of DC we realize we’re going to have to get up much earlier for the rest of our trip (today we mostly just had time to look at the monuments and buildings). We go see 300 later in the evening (stylistically amazing).
Day 3
Sunday. We devote most of the day to the National Archives (I didn’t really find this worth the hype. The Declaration is pretty faded and everyone is pushing you out of the way to see something they can’t read) and the Air and Space Museum (way cool! Airplanes and rockets and spaceships and even a “current American History” section with features like the Kermit the Frog Muppet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers)
Day 4
Monday. We get up early and manage to make it to DC by 8:30. Because most museums don’t open until 9:00 or later, we go visit Arlington Cemetery first. I personally like the amphitheater architecture (we also saw the changing of the guard on the Tomb of the Unknown soldier which was sort of interesting…and long). Later, while Shaw explores the portrait gallery, Kerry and Ant and I go to the museum of Natural History and the Botanical Gardens. My camera battery dies (tragedy! I’m addicted to taking snapshots).
Day 5
Tuesday. Today we all go our separate ways. I spend most of the day in Georgetown and manage to find a Chipotle. Although I take pictures with a disposable camera, these don’t turn out very well.
Day 6
Wednesday. Last day. I have to be out of the hotel early so I wander around Georgetown for a while with my luggage, then take the metro out of town to have lunch with Ty before heading to the airport.
And that’s about all the highlights I have the energy for. I’ve entered a sort of malaise since my return to Iowa and am just generally unwilling to do homework or understand why I feel so anxious.
Hi Dana, I love you. I'm gald it looks like you had a great time on Spring Break. I had so much fun I almost peed my pants!
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