Washington DC Day 2

Day 2 was another full day of walking, museums, and monuments.

International Spy Museum, which featured all sorts of mini cameras, a dog poo radio transmitter, a lipstick gun, and an emergency rectal tool kit (Unfortunately, I am not making that last one up!):

Recently built (2004) World War II Memorial:

The Washington Monument:

The Lincoln Memorial:

Korean War Memorial:

Statue next to Vietnam Memorial:

Statue honoring medics/nurses during wartime:

The Jefferson Memorial:

An inscription inside read:

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind, as that becomes more developed, more enlightened. As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

We also squeezed in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and attempted the Holocaust Museum, but they were closing up for the day. There are so many things to see and do there, that I would like to go back again sometime. It was fun having a weekend with AG to explore and ignore phone calls and email.

Washington DC Day 1

Some traditional and not-so-traditional sights found walking around Washington D.C.

I am still not sure what they meant by "Kiss & Ride" at the Metro Station:


No clue what building this is:

The Capital:

J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building:

The White House:

This was at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The title of the display was something along the lines of "Man Taming a Goat". It cracked me up, because if I worked in a museum, I'm sure I would get bored with setting up traditional displays.

Roman tile mosaic:

Door detail from the Department of Justice building:

Arlington National Cemetary:

Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier:

That night, we had tickets to a murder mystery dinner. There were some strangely dressed people in the audience that we had originally thought were part of the cast, but it turned out that they were just bizarre people in the audience.

All the Pretty Horses

Last weekend AG and I went to Washington DC. I had never been there before. He did a summer internship during college at the FBI, so he was a great tour guide and helpful at navigating the Metro and figuring out where to stay inexpensively. We spent two full days cramming in every museum and memorial we could find. I quickly noticed that Washington DC seems to be a city in love with horses. AG was laughing at me as I went on a quest to capture every horse statue that I could find.

We found these while walking around town:

This one was at Arlington National Cemetary:


Behind the Lincoln Memorial: