Sightseeing in D.C.

After the zoo, Adam and I stopped to have a bite to eat before taking the Metro to the International Spy Museum. Adam had seen a brochure for this museum at our hotel and thought it sounded pretty cool so we decided to check it out.

To be honest I didn't expect much but it turned out to be really great. The museum was much larger than I had expected and the displays and exhibits were fascinating and very well put together.

From there we got back on the Metro once again and headed off to Arlington National Cemetary.

I have vague memories of visiting the cemetary on a trip to Washington with my family when I was pretty young and it was a place I was looking forward to seeing. As we walked along the pathways between the gravestones, there was such a feeling of serenity and peace. At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier we sat for a while in repectful silence as we watched the sentry.

We had originally planned to walk the Mall that evening and see the monuments at night when they are all lit up so when Arlington closed we headed back to the metro station and got off at the Mall but after strolling for about 15 or twenty minutes we both realized that we had had enough for one day. We'd been on the go at that point for 12 straight hours so we had a nice dinner and called it a day.