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At the information desk in the Library of Congress, they gave my son and I directions to the next building through the tunnel under the street. We had to go there to get a library card – you have to have a card to get into the reading room! It was a very long walk and the process was quick, but detailed – had to have ID, they take your picture. At the entrance to the reading room, they stopped us because my son wasn’t 18, but she let us in for a minute. I slipped into the stacks just to take a book or two off the shelf, glance at the table of contents and slip it back. I could have spent so much time there. Apparently, you need a reason to be at the library – researching family history, for example. Since then, I’ve got some things to look up there for the next time!

Spent strolling around the Ile St.-Louis looking at the shops, snacking and checking out references from a mystery I read on the way: Murder on the Saint Louis

My 15 yr old son and I went to DC and went to the zoo. It was quite a walk from the metro. We saw the giraffes, hippos, etc next to the Pandas. We did see the pandas – I just loved that. We ate there, then left because my son was just not interested, so I must return!