We got up and left the hotel around 7:30, headed to the
Metro and headed to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to get our tickets so
we could see money being made later in the day.
This was Kaylee’s first metro ride and I hope she enjoyed it – through the
trip it was really hard to tell if she was super bored or just not enthusiastic. I did the best I could so I’m not going to
worry about it, but I digress.
We got our tickets and then headed to Le Bon Café which is
right down the street from the US Capital and had rave reviews online – they weren't
wrong. It was just a tiny café, you
ordered at the counter and they brought it to you. Nothing fancy, but the food was absolutely
delicious. I got French toast and loved
it. Then we headed to the Capital
Building and were fortunate enough to get a tour even without
reservations. It was interesting
hearing her talk about the different things with the capital, the empty tomb
meant for George Washington (typical Gov’t forgot to plan and ask if he wanted to
be buried there), the fact that states send statues for display and the
gorgeous architecture. Jack and I saw
the outside last time were in DC, but this was my first visit inside.
After our tour we walked through the tunnel to the Library
of Congress and WOW! It was amazing; I
want to go back and spend an entire day in here just looking at the
architecture and exploring. We took a
tour and stayed through most of it, but as we were all dragging and Kaylee was
bored out of her mind we did skip out of it a little early, but oh I want to go
back. The color and beauty is just
astounding.
We headed down and ate lunch at the Café in the Supreme
Court Building – the food was good, but they really need a better organizational
system. There are different lines for
the different food depending on what you want (salad, hamburger, stir fry), but
no marking as to where to go or that there even is different lines. It was stressful but the food was great – I had
a chicken noodle dish that was cooked to order – awesome!
After that we headed up to actually see the Supreme Court
building – very solemn and graceful. We
sat in on a lecture where they explained all the procedure that goes with the
court, most of it pomp and circumstance, but it was interesting and it got us
off of our feet for a bit!
Once we finished with that we had a little bit of energy
from sitting and were ready to catch our tour to see the money being made. We got there a little early and were able to
exchange our tickets, which was great.
The tour was alright – Jack absolutely loved it, the rest of us were
less impressed – but each to his own J It was cool to see I guess, but I just
expected something different, not sure what.
Then we headed to Georgetown for Pizza. We ate at Pizzeria Paradiso (again due to
Internet reviews) and it was worth it.
We got there and had to wait for a table… the trip there required quite
a bit of walking, or we were just so tired by then that an inch would have been
quite a bit – unsure which is which.
Anyway, once we got there and were waiting for a table outside there was
this little 2 year old boy that kept running up and kissing Kaylee’s knee, it was
so cute. He had a crush, it was so cute
J
After dinner we headed back to the hotel and I collapsed in
my bed not to be seen till Morning – Jack went to Target for some stuff, a bag,
some other items we needed but I was so tired I don’t even remember him getting
back.
And that was all in day 1 J I didn't take as many pictures as I normally
would – was tired and some areas you couldn't take pictures in. Plus it was low lighting in some areas and I
just didn't feel like stressing about it so I didn't. The ones I did take are above though,
enjoy!
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