DC Trip: Day 1

Rod and I landed in DC around 3 PM last Wednesday and after purchasing $17 worth of two drinks and a shared Cinnabon at the airport, we bought Metro cards and hopped on the Red line to Dupont Circle. Our B&B was perfectly located in Upper Georgetown, which was a safe(ish) and eccentric part of town. The Metro station at Dupont Circle was about 5 blocks from the B&B, so it was a brief walk every time we wanted to use the subway. The escalator up (see Rod's picture) was very steep and moved very slowly. Our B&B was quaint, with spiraling stairs and wooden floors . We were on the 4th floor (no elevator) and our particular room was really rather big, with our own bathroom and mini-refrigerator. The fourth picture from the top (in the center row) of the website was our specific room. http://www.lodgingsinternational.com/accommodations/1663.htm


After relaxing a bit and unpacking our luggage, we checked out the street map and determined that we were only about 3-4 miles from the part of DC that had the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, etc. We ate at a locally famous Italian restaurant called Anna Maria's. There were pictures of the owners (father, then son as the pictures progressed in time) with famous politicians and celebrities. I am standing in front of the restaurant in the picture.

We continued our walk down to the monuments for a night-time view, which we'd heard was a requirement since the lighting is so beautifully placed. We walked by the Capitol, the White House, the Washington Memorial, the WWII Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, and the Lincoln Monument. On our way to the Lincoln Monument, we walked along the rectangular pond that was featured in the Forrest Gump movie; by that time, it was dark and swarms of large gnats were attacking us along the entire length of the pond in periodic (every 30 seconds or so) bouts. On our way back to Georgetown, we walked through the George Washington University campus. The next day, we regretted the 8 mile walk because our shins were quite sore!