We originally planned to check out Eastern Market on Saturday morning, but the wind was blowing like crazy and it was chillier than it looked outside. So we decided to skip Eastern Market and head to the Library of Congress. After a brief and gusty wait in line, we entered what I think is the most beautiful building we saw on this entire trip. The whole this is amazingly ornate. Everywhere you look there is something beautiful to look at, whether it be carvings, tile mosaics, paintings, you name it. It was just breathtaking. Of course we couldn't get any pictures that did it any justice. You just have to go see it for yourself! :)
They had a lot of very interesting displays there, and they even had Thomas Jefferson's personal library. Pretty cool!
After the Library we went to check out Union Station. We'd gone through once before, but we just got off the train and went out because we had somewhere else to be. This time we just went to walk around and look at stuff. I think they should just call Union Station the biggest food court you've ever seen. Holy moly, lots of food. Joel and I indulged in some seriously delicious Haggen-Dazs ice cream for lunch. Healthy, right??
Next we went to the National Geographic Museum. It was a smaller museum, but a lot of fun. They had tons of interactive things, and stuff you could touch. Our kids definitely would have loved this one! We made sure to send them some pictures while we were there so they could live vicariously through us. :) Adam especially liked the picture of Joel with the Goonch.
Later that afternoon we went down by the marina for the cherry blossom festival. (Even though there weren't any cherry blossoms yet) :) There was a ton of people, a lot of food trucks, and some fun activities for kids to do. After walking around for a bit we decided there wasn't much there for us to do, so we took a picture of us with some boats in the background and left.
We decided to have Good Stuff Eatery hamburgers for dinner, which is what we had for lunch the first day were were there. Seriously, the best burgers!! We were happy we went again!
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