For those of you who don't know, we are living in Maryland this summer while Mike does an internship with the government. He's been here since the beginning of June, but I just got here last Thursday so this weekend was our first opportunity to explore. Somebody told Mike that the best way to get to D.C. was to get to the nearest metro station and take that into the city. With me not being a city girl I had never been on a city train, so I decided to document the auspicious occasion:
The Washington Monument is under construction from the earthquake from a few years ago, but it was still awesome to see.
The WWII Memorial was beautiful. Both war memorial's we went to were very sobering.
Sorry for the poor quality of pictures, but we aren't the best at "selfies" and I'm kind of nervous handing my phone to a stranger.
The Lincoln Memorial was by far the thing I was most excited to see and it was magnificent! I can't wait to go back and see it lit up at night.
At this point, we had been walking for about 3 straight hours during the middle of the day and were exhausted. We forced ourselves to go to one museum before we headed home. We stopped in at the National American History Museum and saw the Start Spangled Banner, President's, and First Lady (my favorite!!) Exhibits. It was incredible and we can't wait to go back and spend more time in museums. We have a huge list of things we want to see and have to remind ourselves that we are going to be here every summer for the next few summers and then live here for 4+ years. Stand by for more adventures.
