A couple weeks ago my sister Nancy called me and gave me a surprise for my birthday, a trip to Washington DC with her. I was blown away (to put it lightly) for such an amazing gift! We had 3 days to see as many sights as possible and probably saw 1 weeks worth in that time. After arriving really really late in DC, Nancy and I picked up our rental car and we were off to the hotel, however it was impossible to miss any monuments while driving there. I was like a little kid on christmas day. But it was late and we needed to get rest for the next day. Nancy asked me a very important question: "What sights do you HAVE TO see?" My list of "must see" sights was pretty small: The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The White House, The Capital and The Vietnam Memorial. I'm glad to report that we were able to see all of the "must see" sights and even more! In fact, we got to see 4 different Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery of Art was probably one of the highlights of my trip. It's not every day you get to be "inches" away from Manet, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and even Da Vinci!!! Even though the weather was a little dampening at times, this was one of the best, if not thee best vacation of my life. Thanks Nancy, you've given me a gift I'll never forget! Pictures here.
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Paul and Nance,
I just seen all the pictures........and Wow looks like you did get to see all the sites in such a short time!!!......So glad you got to go there Paul.....its pretty amazing to see the history of our country......I was amazed too even though I was only 13 when I went!!! The funniest picture is how wet you both got from the rain.....Looks like Nancy was nursing a baby and sprung a leak!!! Ha Ha!!!!.....looks like it was pouring down rain most of the time huh?.....Did you take a tour and get to actually go in the White House??......Did you see President Obama???.......Well anyways, I'm so glad you got to experience such a wonderful gift like that!!!.....Nice gift Nance!!!! Miss you guys!!!
Love, Sherry
It was an amazing experience, but there's so much more we could have seen, but at least we saw everything I wanted to see. Nancy said it's good so I have a reason to come back.
Also, they don't do tours of the White House ever since 9/11.
OH my gosh........didn't know they aren't giving tours anymore......guess I'm pretty lucky then, since I did go in the White house.....I will never forget the ooooo's and the ahhhh's.....the green room, the red room, the conference room.....etc.......I don't think they let us take pics inside..since I recently went through my D.C pics and there aren't any inside....but I have my memories.....I Bet KK was soooooo glad to see you come back home!!!.....Hey any chance your coming this weekend to Heathers Shower??........luv ya
Really wonderful pictures, Paul. You're quite the photographer! Thanks for sharing them. There's a few I would submit to a contest or something.
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