In SoCal, I went to the San Diego Zoo, spent a day with Paula, had dinner with Jenn, sat in on Eric's French class, hung out with Sydney and rode her horse Brego :-). Here are a few photos: http://flickr.com/gp/76555621@N02/C957h2/ .
Then it was off to Washington DC for a week with Eric. We got to see Rebecca a number of times on her days off from her internship too. :-) Here are my pictures: http://flickr.com/gp/76555621@N02/5311c2/ .
On day one: We took a bus tour of DC and got rained on in Georgetown.
Day two: It was museum day; we visited most of the American History Smithsonian and the Natural History Smithsonian.
Day three: We went to Mt. Vernon and saw where George Washington lived.
Day four: We went on a walking tour of the National Mall, which included seeing Obama take off in Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House!
Day five: We went and visited the Capitol. Eric's aunt is the Senate's curator and she gave us a private tour. I learned all about the different restoration processes, heard some fun stories about the Capitol, ate in the Senators' Dining Room, and went out on Senator Reid's private balcony! It was a very fun day, but not over yet! Afterwards, Rebecca game me and Eric a whirlwind tour of the National Art Gallery's highlight tour and then we went on a fascinating walking tour about Lincoln's Assassination. We finished the day off with milkshakes at a Shake Shack.
Day six: We drove off to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, and weathered out a storm in his house. We finished the day by driving around the National mall with everything lit up.
Day seven: We visited the Arlington Cemetery and finished off an exhibit or two at the American History Smithsonian.
I finished the trip off with a relaxing weekend in SoCal with Eric before flying home for a tornado of packing for my next adventure.
Bonus photos courtesy of Sydney!!!!!:
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