Washington Bound!

I love visiting my uncle and cousins in Washington D.C. Not only because I don't get to see them as much as I'd like but because the city is such a wonder to me. Everything about it is so new and open to me, so welcoming. Okay, maybe that's just in the tourist area, but still, I felt invited there. Speaking of tourists, there is such an influx of tourists there that at times it's hard to tell the natives from the invaders. They pool around the famous buildings and open areas like ants at a picnic, each pushing and pulling their way to the next stone attraction before the sun goes down or anybody else gets there. I didn't mind them that much, really, I was with my cousin and we just flew through them to get to our own attraction, of which my favorite was The Newseum. It's located near the Capital building and right beside the Canadian Embassy. It was truly the most informative and the most surprising. Who knew that News could be so interesting or had such a profound history. And, I know how foolish that sounds, the news has been around for as long as we'ved had people on this earth but, still, it blew me away to see so many periodicals of newsworthy items on display in there. They had pages of newspapers from The Civil War depicting how the battle was going that week, they had an early printing press, a Klansman robe, including what was left of the car that the very first journalist was sitting in when he was assassinated. Not to mention a plethora of articles on Katrina. The place was an amusement park of information! I would definitely go back. At the very top of the building was a long promenade that gave you an almost 180 degree look at the streets below. From up there I could see the museums across the way and if I looked all the way down the street I could see The Capital Building. It made for such a stunning vista. The other museum I really liked was the Native American Museum. It was such a beautiful, curvaceous piece of work that housed a grand fountain on the outside. The inside was nothing to sneeze at either. It was another wellspring of information that completely took me by surprise. I can't wait to go back again. For, as with all things on vacation, there was so much to see and sadly, so little time to see it in. Maybe I'll see the zoo next time,or explore the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, either by kayak or canoe, or maybe I'll eat at one of the many food trucks that litter the city. Whatever I decide to do I know that my next time in the city will be just as good, if not better than the last.