Our hair still crunchy from the salt water and our legs itchy from mosquito bites, we packed up our little car and trekked north to our country's capitol. We were super excited to stay with the Morrison family, since we haven't seen much of Willie since he transferred after freshmen year. As soon as we walked in the house we were offered a glass of wine and told there was about to be an impromptu dinner party and we knew we were in the right place. None of the guests, who are Willie's moms old time friends, came empty handed. To our delight, they brought scrumptious vegetarian dishes. We ended the night playing endless amounts of beirut against the infamous Morrison brothers (or at least until they won a game).The next day we took Zoe's (native Marylander) recommendations and went to the National Gallery of Art in the heart of downtown D.C. Since museum holds far too much incredible art to see in one day, we mainly stuck to the Chester Dale collection which featured an array of artwork from Impressionism to Modernism.
Washington D.C. offers a wide variety of ethnic food from Ethiopian to Peruvian and we ended up at Amsterdam Falafel, a do it yourself falafel spot that has every kind of topping you can imagine. Makes for a very delicious and messy experience. Unfortunately it was so messy that we couldn't put our pitas down for a quick photo.
The overall feeling of D.C. is giant and clean. The massive stone buildings all sit proudly in a city above the cleanest and easiest subway system in the world. D.C. is nothing short of impressive.
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