Mar 13, 2016
When in Washington DC
Dear
readers,
It
was my brother’s birthday week. So, we planed a mini trip to Washington Dc to
celebrate his birthday. Our trip to the District was approximately a
four hour drive that was filled with laughter and songs and for me a lot of snooze
fest. Apologies to my fam, for I can be a sleepy traveler due to my own motion
sickness issue. Once we reached the Capitol, it was anything but boring. We
reached around 3 o’clock in the warm and balmy afternoon. We checked into our hotel,
which was conveniently located in Downtown, DC, and a mere two blocks from the
White House (ahem, All Scandal fanatics) and a nice short walk to all monuments
and museums.
The
first day we had a pleasant walk to the National Mall and Memorial Parks. We
were excited enough to cover the Washington monument, the Lincoln Memorial and
World War II Memorial. It was a beautiful experience to see the history and the
present day America.
The
next day, we went to see two museums; one of them was the grand National Museum
of Natural History. One of the galleries hold the magnificent and historical
pieces of jewelry that we probably ended up spending a lot of time with.
Precious gemstones and minerals were in display that explained the historical
aspects of where it originated from or on whose crown or belt or brooch or ears
it was on. YES! On belts! Hmmm people back in the days did live a surreal life.
Anyways, there were also other fascinating galleries like the mammals and ocean
animals’ galleries that left us in awe. Sometimes, one just have to admire the
beauty of nature.
The
next gallery was the Renwick Gallery, which was located across the street from
the White House. This gallery had one of the best installation art and
contemporary craft. One of the rooms was the Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon
where they encouraged you to lay down on the carpet and watched the ceiling change
its colours Another room featured the “In the Midnight Garden” by Jennifer
Angus which had dead insects (Yuck!) glued on the pink walls that made
beautiful patterns. Please check out the picture to see the beauty of it.
Another stop was the White House, which frankly underwhelmed us
after seeing all the museums and the monuments. We took some pictures and since
it was very cold we headed to our hotel and planned for dinner night out. We
checked out the restaurants in the yelp app and picked out a nice Korean restaurant.
The food was very authentic and we had a lovely family dinnertime. We strolled
around the sidewalks around 10 pm on our way back to the hotel. Frankly speaking, I loved DC
more than NY. The wide roads and open spaces, the peaceful environment, the amazing buildings
and the parks Oh my god!! It was beautiful. After all it is the capital we are
talking about right!!!
Anyways, that’s all for now.
There’s more 2 my style diary
So stay tuned.
Love & Luck
Xoxo
1 Stylish Comments:
Loving all those pics
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