On Tuesday we went to the Holocaust Memorial Museum. I didn’t post about this right away because I needed time to think about how I would write this. The museum was awesome, upsetting, insightful, emotional, and thought-provoking all at the same time. The challenge for me while we were at the museum is that Sophia
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One of the best stops on our trip was on our way home. We went to the Udvar-Hazy Museum. It’s a hanger-like museum just outside of D.C. It is FULL of actual planes and rockets spanning the history of aviation. We saw a replica of the plan the Wright brothers flew, we saw the Enola
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We headed into D.C. a little earlier to pick up free tickets to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. This is where they print money. No photographs were allowed of the tour, but I will say we learned a lot and we all enjoyed the tour. We learned that they change the design every 7-10
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We started Monday at the International Spy Museum. It was just as cool as it sounds. There are a few interactive things, but it is a museum of the history of espionage. Fun for all including a hidden ventilation shaft tunnel that I went through. After the Spy Museum we walked across the street to
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We left the hotel on their shuttle bus at 10 am. We returned on the 6:15 shuttle. In between that we visited 6 memorials, 1 monument, 1 castle, 1 garden, and 1 sculpture garden. We rode the circulator bus 3 bus times and my phone says we walked 21,721 steps or over 9 miles. Our
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It’s April vacation week. A few months ago we discussed I conned my family into planning a trip to the Smithsonian. After endless planning, researching, polling, shopping, and packing; we packed up the van and headed on our road trip adventure. GPS said 7 1/2 hours. We planned on 9 and it took us about
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