Washington DC
so, i can already tell that i will have to force myself to write. yesterday was my first really 'strenuous' day and my legs are starting to feel it, which is pitiful. if nothing else, i need to start document what i've been doing, if not how i feel about it. on friday, i waited in line for tickets to the bureau of printing and engraving, the washington monument and the holocaust museum. spent most of my morning in the permanent exhibit at the holocaust museum, after visiting the smithsonian castles and gardens. then the freer gallery, the sackler gallery, and the museum of african arts. then the hirshhorn and sculpture gardens, both of which i adored. then the washington monument, the world war two memorial, then toured the bureau of printing and engraving.
caught the metro back, drove through taco bell and halfway through my fresco bean burrito, lynn showed up to take me on a nighttime driving tour of the monuments. saw dupont circle, got sucked into virginia where i saw the 9/11 memorial and the pentagon, then back to district heights around midnight. saturday, i started at the library of congress, got my reader's card, went by the capitol, walked to union station for lunch, quickly went through the postal useum and then walked back to the botanical gardens where i unwound for a bit. then off to the national art galleries, where i could have spent days upon days. then i walked into the national art gallery sculpture garden, bought an overpriced cappuccino which i enjoyed in line waiting to get into the national archives. then, the long walk to the lincoln memorial was next, and i stopped by the white house on the way, though i just passed by. then the vietnam war memorial, the lincoln memorial, the korean war memorial, world war one memorial, then all the way back to the smithsonian metro stop.
sunday, air and space museum, finished the west art gallery, went to the american history museum, natural history museum, then dinner in chinatown at an italian restaraunt (ha) and back to pack and get ready for my long day of travel.
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