DC Day 2

Another great day in D.C.!  We started out the morning with more landmark site seeing.

 

We then went on to see the Holocaust Museum. Right from the start I liked that everyone got identification cards when they walked in to make it more personal.

 There was a lot of heavy reading and viewing, but it was well worth the time spent there. So many facts, so many stories, so many calls to action...

We stopped by the Newseum too! I hadn’t heard about this museum until we walked past it. I was initially drawn to it because, well, I love following the news. There are certain news stories that I get really invested in so I was naturally curious about the exhibits. We were a little hesitant going in because while many museums in D.C. are free, this one does have an admission cost. We got there an hour and a half before closing and I could have spent at least another hour there. (Maybe two!)

Here are a few examples of interesting finds:

                                This is a tribute to 9/11 with newspapers from around the globe.

                                                   Cell phone detonators and explanation.

    There were multiple examples of how communication, media, etc. has changed over the years, and, in addition to that, how it has changed the course of news over time. Really interesting stuff!!

            This is updated daily with headlines of newspapers in every state across the U.S.

Neither Mike nor myself are museum people, but we highly recommend these two museums next time you're in D.C.!

Oh! And almost forgot... after another busy day we ate at Hard Rock Cafe. On the way back to our hotel we noticed increased police presence. All of a sudden the sirens were going off... a lot of (police) motorcycles drove past us followed by a motorcade and more police vehicles!!

The secret service (!!!) weren't allowed to tell us who was in the car, but HELLO it's secret service!! They DID say that we (the public) DO know of the person who was riding in the car. I looked up the presidents schedule and he was apparently in South Carolina so we don't believe it was him, sadly. (contrary to our initial thought)... might have been the VP, perhaps? Either way, it was really neat! I even got a card from the secret service k-9!  :)

...off to our next adventure! adios, D.C.!

P.s. We’ve walked over 11 miles these past two days, which isn’t much considering we’ll be walking a whole lot more in our next continent!!