The second part of our recent family vacation was a trip to the beautiful city of Washington, DC.I haven't been to DC in a very long time. I had forgotten that the Smithsonian Museums, including the National Zoo and the famous Museum of Natural History, were free! Of course, we spent enough money on food and souvenirs for the kids to cover the cost of many tickets, but free admission is always a bonus.
We covered the zoo, the Natural History Museum, the famous Mall with its famous monuments and memorials. We survived the Metro and a ride in the cab of an 87 year-old taxi driver (he asked me three times where we were from and three times where we were going!). We did as much as a family with two small children could possibly do. My kids enjoyed every bit of the trip, as did I.
I highly recommend going to DC as a family. It is such an important, international city with so many lessons in history and government! It is so different from my happy little corner of suburban Charlotte. And it is a photographer's dream come true. I fell in love with it.
Flags at Sunset at the Washington Memorial
Fountain at the WWII Memorial
Korean War Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
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