On Friday, we started with some museums.
The Museum of Natural History . . .
The Museum of American History . . .
The Hirschhorn Museum . . .
And the Air and Space Museum.
After that, it was a trip to see the Mets vs. the Nationals. It was free t-shirt night, so there was a decent sized crowd outside. It was a slow game, with the Nationals winning 2-1, but it's always a neat experience to go to a major league game.
The next morning we got off the metro at Federal Triangle and headed for a glimpse of the White House.
Then we set out walking to see some monuments. Unfortunately, we couldn't get close to many of them. President Obama was speaking at the Korean War Memorial, and they had barricades around that seemed to go on forever. We could actually HEAR Obama speaking over the loudspeakers, but we couldn't see him. We saw the Lincoln Memorial from a distance, but couldn't get close.
We also saw the Washington Monument, but it was blocked off for earthquake damage repair.
We stopped at The National Gallery of Art . . .
and then I was DONE with all the walking and we returned to the hotel to nap.
Later that evening, we took the trolley into Alexandria and had a great dinner at Fish Market. We ducked under an overpass during a rain shower and saw this amazing performer playing with this table of various sizes of water glasses, all perfectly in tune.
We got coffee at a really cool Starbucks in an old building and sat by the water. We didn't take pictures at this point because we were just enjoying sitting and being. It was really nice.
It was great to get away and spend some time together. The kids had tons of fun doing things without us, too!
If you're interested in seeing the rest of our pictures, click here.
That's it from Washington, D.C.!
-- Holly
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