My Trip!

I will start off telling you about Mary Poppins! Mary Poppins was simply amazing! Angela and I went early to get our tickets from will call and to also check out the Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center was huge. It was a great place to see a play. Saturday we got up and went to eastern market. It was fun to walk through all of the street vendors and check out all of the things they had to offer. Before we walked around we grabbed brunch at a bar close to the market. It was neat because the World Cup was on and a lot of people were in the bar watching the games. I had a farmer's omelet which was a bacon omelet with mashed potatoes in it. I also got a side order of corned beef hash which was amazing.

After walking around eastern market we went to the Basilica-The National Shire on the campus of Catholic University. It was gorgeous. We got to go to mass there Saturday evening. After mass we met Angela's roommates at Union Station for dinner. After dinner we went and watched the rehearsal for the fourth of July celebration on the Capitol lawn. We got to see people such as David Archuleta, JimmySpence, and Reba.

Sunday we got up early and went down to Constitution Ave. to watch the parade. We left Angela's house at 9:00 a.m. for the parade so that we could get a good spot. We ended up getting a great spot and we had a great time at the parade.

After the parade we went and ate at a restaurant called Old Ebbit. We ate with all of Angela's roommates. It is very close to the White House and it was delicious. Angela and I then went to the Old Post Office and got a little desert at a cookie place there. Next we met up with some of Angela's other friends to get a spot to watch the fireworks from. We watched the fireworks from the Iwo Jima memorial along with thousands of other people.

 

Today we got up and walked around the Bethesda area of D.C. and just hung out until I had to head to the airport. Angela was such a good host. She took me to the airport today and we said goodbye at security. It made both of us miss all of our Maryville friends. It was great getting to see one of my close friends for an extended period of time. We had a blast walking and using the metro all over D.C. It was a phenomenal trip!