Good evening everyone! I hope that you all had a good week. I'm aware that some of you already have, are in the midst of, or will soon have your Spring Break. To those of you who no longer have Spring Breaks, I can now say that I can relate to you since I will not have a Spring Break this year either. In fact, now that I think about it, last spring will be the last time that I ever have a Spring Break. I think I made a good trade-off though by spending a semester here. Anyway, quite a bit has happened since I last wrote a post...
On Saturday the 14th in the morning I went to pick up my friend Victoria at the airport. The last time we spent time together was over a year ago. I didn't expect a lesson in patience though, for Victoria's flight had a two-hour delay in Philadelphia. I wish I brought a book along for the wait. Needless to say, we were very happy to see each other when her flight finally came in. We headed to my apartment for some lunch before we went to see the Washington Monument and the Holocaust Museum. I confess that I failed to take into account that since it is now tourist season (from March until about September), it's harder for people to get tickets for various places, such as the Holocaust Museum or going up the Washington Monument. As a result of this, we couldn't get into the Permanent Exhibition of the Holocaust Museum, so instead we went to the temporary exhibitions such as the Children's Wall (a wall of tiles painted by kids to express their feelings about the Holocaust) and the interactive exhibit more geared towards children so they could understand the Holocaust from a child's perspective. We returned back to my apartment for dinner, and we discovered that bacon and cheese stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut is delicious! Later in the evening, we went back to the airport to pick up Victoria's boyfriend Riley and from there went our separate ways; I went to my apartment while they went to their hotel.
The next day, Sunday the 15th, all three of us met up after lunch in order to do more sightseeing. We went to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, then the White House for some pictures, a gift shop not too far from the White House, and Ford's Theatre. Seeing the timeline of the day of Lincoln's assassination from both Lincoln's and John Wilkes Booth's perspectives was a bit creepy. For dinner we went to GBD (short for Golden Brown Delicious), which is a restaurant that specializes in fried chicken and doughnuts. The Luther, a sandwich that has a doughnut as the bun, bacon, boneless fried chicken, maple-chicken jus (the taste reminded me of maple syrup), and pecans, was pretty good. Krispy Kreme was our dessert destination, and I am a bit sad that there are no more Krispy Kreme shops in Minnesota.
Fast-forward to Wednesday the 18th, and my supervisor allowed me to have a day to be a tour guide to Victoria and Riley. I made cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast, and I was relieved that the bacon turned out well since this was the first time I ever made bacon on the stove. (Back home I use the microwave to cook bacon, but the apartment didn't have any bacon trays.) Victoria and Riley came to my apartment for breakfast, and from there we went to the zoo. The bad news is that it was a chilly day, so not all of the animals were outside. However, among the highlights of creatures I did see in the zoo were giant pandas and an elephant that is 67 years old. After the zoo, we walked to the National Cathedral, which was nice to go to once again. (Note: If you ever visit the National Cathedral and don't want to pay in order to get a tour, visit on a Sunday.) From there we went to Shake Shack, a place known for their shakes and burgers. I tried their chicken hot dog, but I wasn't very impressed with it. I can tell you that the Beltway Blonde (a concrete mixer which contains vanilla custard, cheesecake blonde, salted caramel sauce, and banana) was pretty good, but I think that Doughnuts are Forever was better. Then we went to the Kennedy Center, where we found that the cherry blossoms are in bloom! We listened to a now 10 year old (his birthday was today) boy from Bolivia who is blind play the piano. He was fantastic and so sweet! Once the concert was over, Victoria and I took a few pictures of the Potomac River and the cherry blossoms. When we got to the Metro station, Riley and Victoria went to see a few memorials at night while I went back to my apartment.
Victoria and Riley flew back home this morning, but I believe that they enjoyed their Spring Break here. I'm glad I got to go with them to both places I've been to before and new places.
Stay tuned next week for more adventures! Have a terrific week everyone!
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