I’ve been gone for a LONG time. In my defense, Sister and I got food poisoning toward the end of my trip so I spent about 3 days recovering from that. The first two days in DC were great – a week is really not enough time to see everything that this city has to offer. But here’s a quick recap of the rest of the week:

We took my dad to the Air and Space Museum in Dulles, Virginia. I’ve never met anyone who is as fascinated with planes as my dad is. Except 5-year old boys.

 

We took a guided tour of the museum and my dad was front and center the entire time. He was on the guide’s tail – eagerly listening to the history of the planes, asking questions, and sharing information, At one point, he shifted from being part of the tour group to being the guide’s BFF.

 

 

I tried all sorts of cuisines for the first time:

To be honest, I wasn’t a huge fan of Ethiopian food – but it was definitely a fun experience!

We also visited the Lincoln Memorial. I wish my students could have seen this – we are currently learning about the Civil War in class and they definitely would have appreciated this.

We went to the Holocaust Museum, Museum of Natural History, and Museum of American History.

 

We visited the National Zoo.

We went bike riding along the Mount Vernon trail. 

So much fun – so much going on. There’s always something to do or something to see. Guess that just means I have to go back and visit soon? 😉