The secret can be told now that we are home again. We decided to take a short vacation and get some education in the process. So, off to Washington DC we went. The weather, while nippy, was great every day. Warm enough with no snow, better than home, but neither was it a tropical island. We had been to DC and especially the Smithsonian before when we took the brothers and sisters when they were younger, but it has been quite awhile since then. We also visited places this time we did not then since not everyone is excited about seeing the original Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. We managed to find a few places to get a little nourishment along the way too. One just for fun spot included the International Spy Museum. The White House had put up the Christmas Tree in Presidents Park. It was nice, and included trees from all fifty states. After visiting the Capital area and museums we also visited the newly renovated Union Station. Lots of nice shops, restaurants and big cookies.
Finally we headed out and stopped by the National Cathedral which is awe inspiring in it’s size and grandeur. Here, like so many other places in DC the amount of stone carving defies the imagination. How many people and hours did it take to create all these stone reliefs, columns and gargoyles.
After climbing and walking about the cathedral a last meal was needed. So we swung by Georgetown and went though a couple of blocks worth of boutiques, clothing stores and restaurants before we found a place to eat. Walking off the meal we visited the “Old Stone House” the oldest building in the area, supposedly built in 1765 and predating the creation of Washington DC.
“Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar”.
George
A sampling of the pictures taken during the trip has been posted on Kazology.