Washington, D.C.

We have been here a few days.
Our family has gone to a Nationals Baseball game, Bull Run which was the first battle of the of the Civil War at Manasses, Kings Dominion Amusement Park and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Today we just played in the pool. Mommy needed a nap…badly.

I went on a school-sponsored trip to D.C. for four days in the summer of 2001, before the terrorist attacks. I really want to go back and see how the sites have changed.

So far we plan on
Going with my cousin and his family
to hang at their house in Centre Ville,
go see a ball game,
go to Kings Dominion amusement park.

The Nutty Belgium and the little Nuttellas will be driving up to DC from NC. Then flying to Belgium from their. ( I guess the tickets are cheaper, see I said they are nutty) so we will all see the Spy museum together.

That still leaves 9 days to do the Touristy thing.

Jennalicious has me penciled in for Karaoke at some wacky place.
I hope I get to meet the DC mermaid and ride in the little red zoom car :)

See as much as I possibly can in two weeks!
We have our tickets.

I don’t know if its fitting that this city is our nations capital or if its a disgrace. The Dupont circle area was amazing and the Smithsonians are amazing and all free. That sad part was the amount of crime and almost all the people were very rude. Georgtown was not very interesting or exciting to me it was like a mall set up to look like main st usa. All in all I dont think I would ever go back but am glad I got to see the tourist attractions, museums, monuments etc.

The most walking I’ve ever done in my life I did in the 3 days I spent in D.C….you definitely need to spend like two weeks there in order to see all the monuments, museums, and go on all the tours!! I recommend going to the National Zoo…the day we went it started to rain…and we had to walk all the way back to the metro station :( still…the pandas are a must to see!! I love riding the metro, and you really can go anywhere by just using that…the memorials were awesome…but it was hot as heck…its probably better to go in the spring or fall…. plan on going back soon!!!

The cherry blossoms are sooooo beautiful! Love it!

I didn’t get to see a lot so will definitely go back and see more. Liked it though.

Washington, D.C is a beautiful place where there is way too many things to do. My family went to the main attractions at The Mall: the White House, the Library, the Smithsonian, etc. It was a little cold. However, I’d do it again.

Tons of interesting people! I popped at least 3 or 4 tires on the wonderful pot-holed roads. I was there for 9/11. I learned how to parallel park fast. I loved the metro, but wished it took you to more places.