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DC's Final Song
Oct. 28th, 2004 02:09 amI never did do a run-down of Saturday.
Saturday was a day in which we trekked through some of the Smithsonian buildings. We started off with American History, then went next door to the museum of Natural History, and then across the National Mall to the Air and Space museum. There's not too much that I can really say about any of these places that would be particuarly interesting to the casual reader. They're all well worth visiting though and the few hours we spent in each one definitely wasn't enough.
Highlights included the Hope diamond in the Natural History museum, which I believe is the biggest diamond in the world. Very pretty. I also enjoyed their prehistoric and dinosaur exhibits. For all your airplane and space stuff, the Air and Space museum definitely sates that appetite, from old dinky planes to modern ones, they have lots of actual planes residing in the building, many suspended from the ceiling.
We kept dinner simple and just had Subway sandwiches in our room. We were too tired after a long day of running around the various Smithsonian buildings to go out for a more elaborate food expedition.
Sunday we passed entirely on going to the zoo. We just packed up and headed home. While the idea of the zoo was very tempting, especially as it's free admission, we didn't want to start the drive home bone tired, as we were likely to be once we got back from trekking through the zoo for several hours. We also wanted to get an earlier start home than late afternoon or early evening.
All in all though it was an enjoyable trip, with Varekai as the highlight, and catalyst for this trip in the first place.
Saturday was a day in which we trekked through some of the Smithsonian buildings. We started off with American History, then went next door to the museum of Natural History, and then across the National Mall to the Air and Space museum. There's not too much that I can really say about any of these places that would be particuarly interesting to the casual reader. They're all well worth visiting though and the few hours we spent in each one definitely wasn't enough.
Highlights included the Hope diamond in the Natural History museum, which I believe is the biggest diamond in the world. Very pretty. I also enjoyed their prehistoric and dinosaur exhibits. For all your airplane and space stuff, the Air and Space museum definitely sates that appetite, from old dinky planes to modern ones, they have lots of actual planes residing in the building, many suspended from the ceiling.
We kept dinner simple and just had Subway sandwiches in our room. We were too tired after a long day of running around the various Smithsonian buildings to go out for a more elaborate food expedition.
Sunday we passed entirely on going to the zoo. We just packed up and headed home. While the idea of the zoo was very tempting, especially as it's free admission, we didn't want to start the drive home bone tired, as we were likely to be once we got back from trekking through the zoo for several hours. We also wanted to get an earlier start home than late afternoon or early evening.
All in all though it was an enjoyable trip, with Varekai as the highlight, and catalyst for this trip in the first place.
