Washington DC - Day 3

Yesterday marked day 3 of our Washington DC trip. Will and I started the morning on the metro to wait in line. We didn't know if we would be waiting in the line for the Washington Monument or the Holocaust Museum. After surveying the line for the monument we opted for the Holocaust Museum. After a 90-minute wait we were awarded with 4 tickets. The grrrls showed up shortly after that and we went in.

Wow.

I don't know how to put into words the emotions that ran through me during that visit. I can say this: I snapped a single picture. It was a picture of the thousands of shoes that Jewish concentration camp victims discarded just before meeting their doom. Nothing I can type will give the experience justice.

We headed out of the Holocaust Museum, all four of us in a daze, and somehow wandered into the Freer Gallery. We came to our senses and realized that we were hungry and needed to get over to the Air & Space Museum. After grabbing some quick McDonald's we entered the Air & Space Museum again.

It was just as overwhelming as the day before. But the situation was complicated by the enormous number of children running around. Will and I hit up a few exhibits and then, after realizing that the flight simulator cost money (and overhearing someone lament that it was "a complete waste of money"), scrubbed our Air & Space visit.

We met up with the grrrls (who had left earlier to relax on the lawn of The Mall) and headed toward the White House. Jooj wanted to see the back of it (the view that people associate with the white house) but could not reach it. We found out later that it was because of the Easter egg hunt on the back lawn. A huge crowd had amassed too. People said J. K. Rowling and Justin Bieber were in there. Meh.

We headed back to the hotel. The grrrls took naps while I checked emails and stuff. We then headed over to the Froggy Bottom Pub for some good pub food. It was pretty good and also pretty cheap. We came back to the room and watched the NCAA Championship game.

("Happy Easter. I hate Duke!" That is what some weird dude said to us two days ago ride outside the pagoda gate in Chinatown... seemed harmless at the time but oh so relevant now)