I finally have a bit of a chance to talk about our vacation to DC at Thanksgiving. It already feels like forever ago, but we had a great time and took lots of great pictures. We went to a lot of museums and walked everywhere. Our first night there we got a great picture of the Washington monument right at dusk. We went to a couple Smithsonian museums, the National Gallery of Art, and the International Spy Museum. The Spy Museum was definitely worth the price of admission, especially because it was the only museum in DC we had to pay for. We spent a good portion of the day after Thanksgiving doing a walking tour of the monuments. The monuments were impressive, but the wind and cold were a bit disheartening.
We ate at lots of great little local restaurants which had been suggested by my neighbors at the John Edwards campaign, so we were able to get a feel for the hip places to hang out in DC. I think we saw just about everything you can see in a 3 day trip, and we were pretty exhausted when we got back late on Sunday night. Fortunately, the return trip was made somewhat more enjoyable by a stop at two of our all-time favorite stores: Ikea and H&M. Overall, we had a great time and really enjoyed a little break together even though it involved pain in our legs and feet for the next three days.
