First, we went to the Freer Gallery of Art. The Freer Gallery of Art has Asian art, Japanese prints and Chinese ceramics. All of these things were interesting to look at and some were very different. They have a nice courtyard at the Freer Gallery of Art. We also went to the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. There were many interesting sculptures.
A yellow rose outside the Enid A. Haupt Garden
A rose outside the Enid A. Haupt Garden
A rose outside of the Enid A. Haupt Garden
Flower in the Enid A. Haupt Garden
Second, we went to the S. Dillon Ripley Center to see a display of Jim Henson's Fantastic World. Jim Henson was the creator of The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. They had Bert and Ernie there. However, you could not take pictures of the exhibit. It was neat to see some of the writings that Jim Henson had done with The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. It showed how Big Bird was made and how the person controls Big Bird during Sesame Street. The exhibit also talked about Fraggle Rock and how the show and characters were made. The exhibit was interesting to see because it reminded me of being a child because I watched those shows as a child.
Next, we ate lunch at Qdoba Mexican Grill. I had a shredded beef burrito. The things they put in the burrito are the meat, rice, beans and anything else you want on top of those things. The burrito cost $6, but it was very big and good. A lot of people were at that place because it was during the lunch hour. After lunch, Salome and I went to the National Museum of Natural History. There were many people at the museum. I saw an exhibit of Dinosaurs, a Hall of Mammals, bones and reptiles of different animals, an insect zoo, an exhibit on geology, gems & minerals and The Hope Diamond (which was very pretty). There was a Live Butterfly Pavilion that you had to pay to enter and in there you could see many different kinds of butterflies. However, it cost $6 to be able to see the butterflies. I didn't want to pay that much at the time, but I might go back a different time. I would recommend the National Museum of Natural History to anyone visiting Washington, D.C. because it was very interesting.
Fountain outside the Enid A. Haupt Garden
After the museum, we walked to the Enid A. Haupt Garden which is near the Smithsonian Castle. The Enid A. Haupt Garden has many different plants and has some fountains in the garden. I took some pictures of flowers (roses) that were in the garden and I will post them. (The pictures of the roses and other flower are above). Then, we walked to the Washington Monument and sat there awhile to relax. Next, we walked to The White House. There were many tourists taking pictures of The White House. There was a lot of security around The White House watching every move that every person made. After, we were done looking at The White House we walked to Georgetown. We walked down to the waterfront (The Potomac) and saw ducks, people kayaking and people walking on the dock. It was a very beautiful place because the sun was shining on the river. Georgetown is a very nice town and has nice streets. One of the streets that we walked down had a lot of expensive stores (Banana Republic, Hu's Shoes and Urban Outfitters to name a few). I saw many college students walking around Georgetown. Then we walked to an ice cream shop called Thomas Sweet. I had one scoop of Oreo ice cream (I know that that is original). Next time I think I am going to try their Blend Ins. Blend Ins are things that you can blend together with ice cream. I think that those are what they are, but am not sure how much they cost. Then, we walked to a main street to catch a bus and I got off at 16th and K Street in D.C. Next, we got on a different bus to take us back to the International Guest House. We finally got home around 8:15 or 8:30 p.m. It was a very nice day in Washington, D.C. I have more pictures, but I decided just to put a few of them on this blogpost.
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Qdoba is sooooo good!!!
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