Here's how the trip went, in a nutshell. We left monday evening, and slept on the way down (hardly). We would have had more sleep, but they forced bathroom breaks every 2 hours - which they didn't do on the way home (force all to get off the bus). Sometime around 7am, we arrived at a restaurant in Gettysburgh, PA. This is where we could change from sweats into our clothes for the day. I forgot to pack mine in my carry on, of course, so I was stuck in sweats.
The restaurant was a historic building that was part of the underground railroad. Some of the chaperones, myself included got to see an actual area where the former slaves were hid, under the floor!
We went to Gettysburgh Museum and battlefield afterwards. The battlefields were very neat, actually. Both the monuments and the landscape - the hills and huge rocks.
We went to the national archives, the halocaust museum, arlington cemetary (where we saw the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier), the capitol building, the national zoo, outside the white house, lincoln memorial, WW2 memorial (very pretty in the evening), Korean War memorial, vietnam war memorial, a dinner cruise on the potomac, a fish market (WTF?), and on the way home we went to Luray, Virginia to see the Luray Caverns. Google it, it's spectacular.
Michelle - I see what you mean about WDC, I like it, too. It's a very nice city. Obviously the parks and monuments are great, so's the architecture, not just the gov buildings, but I like all of the brownstones. The cherry trees were blossoming nicely, too. I am eager to go back, so I have enough time to really appreciate the museums and zoo.
When I got home, I slept for so long, I woke up with a sore throat from snoring like a chainsaw. We were out of our hotel from 7am till 10pm every night.
I did almost choke one of the girls assigned to me, though. She spit at arlington cemetary! Right on the grass not 10 feet away from a grave! Think about it, dumbass!! She's old enough to know better. Girls should never spit in public anyway, but not at a cemetary, and certainly not at arlington. I was so embarassed.
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