Its a cherry blossom festival at the moment (hunh?) and I have never seen quite so many people OBSSESSED with the blossom. Just strange man.
So the capital was heaving but we saw the steps of senate where Obama got inugrated and the washington needle before moving down to the WWII memorial, the vietnam memorial and the Lincon memorial before ending up at the whitehouse.
All of which were good but the vietnam memorial wall really hits you. It was really busy with people looking for the names of friends and family taken away by that conflict. Theres a statue of three GIs just coming back from patrol and they're looking towards the names on the wall as if to say "Damn. Somebody remebered us." It had a very powerful effect on me even though I have no actual connection to that conflict.
From there we walked back to the metro and on to Arlington cemetary where they honour those who served the country going back to the civil war and beyond. They also have a memorial to those killed in the locherbie bombings.
Quite a lot of death to think about on such a sunny day, but I was impressed with the way the americans were all very respectful of these places of national identify and pride.
From there it was back to the hotel and then onto Karas Sister Kristens house which is a gorgeous three level townhouse. Quite often with these new builds the house itself overwhelms the personality of its owners but Leo and Kristin are such strong fun characters that their house actually reflects and echos their tastes in a lovely way.
Speaking of tastes their garlic marinaded tri tipped beef was a whole new kind of delicious. add to that gartin potatos and a neapolitan bunt cake and you're talking some seriously classy food.
We had a few beers, chatted a lot and came home with a sense of achivement for a day well spent.
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