Trip to DC continued...

Then, in the evening, we went to the Lincoln Memorial, which was absolutely breathtaking. It was too dark to take a non-blurry picture without a tripod, but I did manage to capture the incredible color of the sky.

              
Mr. Lincoln.

 

It was such a beautiful evening!

When we got back to the hotel, Mom made us salads and we watched The Sting. A terrific movie, that.

Photographer spotted.

The next day was rainy, cold, and miserable. But we went sightseeing some more none the less(all of us this time). We went to the Mall, the Capitol, and several museums.

A picture with the pool and statues in front of the Capitol.

Heh.

We were there the day they had their St. Patrick's Day parade.

The Air and Space Museum.

The mall, with the Capitol at one end, and the Washington Memorial at the other.

And, of course, I simply had to do a ballet picture. It's a must.

Then we went to the National Gallery. It was so beautiful, and so awe-inspiring seeing all that great Art. We counted the steps going up, but of course I don't remember now. I'll have to ask L.

Stopping for a presidential pose.

Inside, the atrium was just filled with the most beautiful flowers. It was truly magnificent.

On the way to the American Culture museum (where we only had time to go look at Lincoln's hat), we passed this lovely fellow, who was serenading passers-by with flute music, punctuated by squeaks from the chew toys he had dangling about. He gave us the nicest smile.

As we left the museum, we heard Snow White music coming out of nowhere. After searching, I found this:

Us in front of the main Smithsonian building.

 Apparently, I rode this when I was very little.

Another beautiful Smithsonian building.

In the car, after a long weekend, ready to go home. The "after" picture.

And how do you get through a weekend of walking and sightseeing all over D.C. with terrible shinsplints, you may ask? Like this.

So, all in all, a marvelous trip.

We went to Washington (and took lots of pictures)

Actually, we went over a month ago. But a late post is better than no post at all, right?

I had a ballet audition, and so Mom and Little Brother and I were going up to D.C. (Dad couldn't come). We decided to take our best friends, the Ls, with us. Mrs. L is good friends with mom, and the three boys and I have been best friends since the oldest and I were five. Elder brother Tim couldn't come due to college, so it was just J, L, and Miss M, who is Little Brother's age. We set off on Friday morning, ready for some fun.

                                       Left to right: J, me, and L. The "before" picture.

It was a long drive, but we stayed occupied. We played Phase 10 (a card game that you should play if you haven't already- it's a cross between Rummy and Uno) and watched Spiderman 2.

We got into our hotel at around midnight. We loved our rooms- they were adjoining, and looked liked they had actually been designed by a designer, not just assembled randomly. They were very comfortable.

My audition was the next day (Saturday).. But nothing went the way it was supposed to. Due to illness (Miss M), traffic jams, horrid signage, DC-ness, etc., I missed the audition. But since EVERYTHING went badly, we think that it was meant to be. So, we made the best of it, and had a very good time overall. So... pictures (they look better when you click on them, sometimes they are a little squished in this format)!


Mom, J, L, Little Brother, and yours truly set out for the city Saturday at noontide. The weather was nasty, and so was the traffic!

 

I started the journey in the front seat, but was banished to the back when I got too nervous about the audition.

 

 

Not happy that I missed it.

 

 So, we went and saw the National Cathedral. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, we went to the center of DC, saw the White House, and decided to just park and walk. So, we ended up beside the Washington Marina. We looked at yachts, the river, and the fishmarket.

 

 

 

 FISH!

 

 

Alive and pinching!

 

 

 

 To be continued...

Yesterday

Make presents: check.

Send letters: check.
Workout: check.
Buy two new books: check.

Ballet class: check.
Rehearsal: check.
Sew new pointe shoes: check.
Darn old pointe shoes: check.
(Bandage punctured fingers: check.)

Dishes: check.
Soak feet: check.
Watch ballet movie and get inspired: check.
Watch Fawlty Towers: check.
Go to bed with stitches from watching Fawlty Towers: check.
Finish current book: check.



Don't you love productive days?