Sorry about the lateness of this post, and lack of pictures. The person in charge of this (Johanna) left their powercord in Blue Bell so their laptop is dead, and this is just a "quick" update from my (Devon) phone. Things have also been quite busy, with early mornings and late nights, but we're driving to Monticello right now so I have some time.
On Wednesday morning we visited several memorials, including Martin Luther King Jr., Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, and World War Two. After that we went to the Old Post Office for lunch and some of us visited the top of the tower. Now that the Washington monument is closed, it's the best view of D.C.
After the post office we went to the Smithsonians of American and Natural History, between which we split a few hours. We then went to where we had parked and ate supper. After that we drove along to the National Cathedral, an Episcopal Presbyterian church where we discovered that the power had gone out, but we were still given an impromptu question session before they closed. The cathedral was badly damaged by the earthquake last year, and then three days later their large repair crane collapsed, crushing five cars and ripping the front off a building (miraculously, no one was injured). We went to the FDR and Jefferson memorials next.
After that we went back to the Mansours, where we had a party for Mrs. Mansour, as it was her birthday.
On Thursday we woke up at 6 for the third day in a row, and after breakfast headed out for Arlington National Cemetery to watch the changing of the guard and visit JKF's grave and the Marine Corp memorial.
Mr. Bouwman had been dropped off to pick up tickets to the Holocaust Museum, but they were for later than we could make, so we went over to the Smithsonian of Air and Space. After that we go to meet with a high ranking member of the State Department who goes to the Mansour's church, who told us about being a career diplomat.
We then rushed to the Holocaust Museum to visit before it closed. Some of us ended up being "kicked out" before we were finished going through the museum. After that we went back to the Mansour's, the shortest day so far, for supper and an awesome evening.
Today, Friday, three of the Mansour kids are coming with us to Monticello because they get a day off school (they didn't get any snow days this winter, but their schedule accounts for some). We've been getting along really well, especially since this is the first time that we're roughly the same age (Greg is 16 and Jennifer is 17).
Tonight, D.V., we're going to clean up and stay up all night until we leave for the airport at 2:30 for our 3 flights around 6, and we'll arrive within a few minutes of each other in Seattle at noon.
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