A lovely time of the year to visit, especially when my only cost was my airline ticket and food. I stayed with my sister in her hotel since her room was paid for by her job. For two days I did the usual tourist things. I always enjoy visiting the National Archives to see those documents that gave rise to the United States. Clear blue skies made for wonderful monument viewing and photographs. My only complaint was the hordes of high school students there on a supposedly 'educational' trip. They are rude in small groups but in great, mobbing numbers awful. They didn't listen to their sponsors, nor were they in any of those wonderful places to learn. They were obnoxious and purposefully disrupted others' viewing, interests. The Holocaust Museum was one of the worst. They had no idea what had happened nor did they care to learn about this atrocity.
After visiting the National Art Museum we walked up a different hill to catch the Metro back to the hotel. We came upon a wonderful little art gallery that had large fiberart figures inside. We decided to go in and were fortunate to meet the artist, Chris Maloney, and had a very informative talk with him about how he made his figures and some of his past. See for yourself by visiting his website: http://cmaloneyart.com/ . You won't be disappointed.
On a whim we made a visit to Alexandria, VA and although there were lots of people there they were polite and non-rude because of course, they weren't high school students. It's a lovely old town with lots of history (shopping, too) and I would suggest anyone visiting the area go there for a more relaxing time.
All my airline connections with Northwest were early and on-time so my flight was great, too.
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I love D.C. - what a great trip. That's very sad about the students' behavior at the Holocaust Museum. The museum is one of the most moving I've ever visited. I was there the week it opened. I arrived at 7 am and the line was already a block long; by the time the museum opened it had circled the block. Those students' sponsors did them a disservice by not instructing them to maintain an attitude of reverence in the museum, and then paying attention to be sure they complied. The kids missed such an opportunity!
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