Washington DC- Early Arrival

From the airport, Katie, another Washingtonian, and I caught a taxi to the Holiday Inn Georgetown. We put our luggage in our respective rooms and then took to the city. We walked to the area where the Memorials are before the sunset. It was really interesting to see a US city with such beautiful, large, and ornate buildings. Coming from the west coast, I am certainly not used to the architecture, although I love it! We saw the Lincoln memorial, Washington Monument, the Reflecting Pool under construction, several war memorials (Vietnam, WWII), Constitution Gardens, the White House. Afterwards, we went and grabbed Indian food and then walked back to the hotel. We met a few more volunteers and I went to bed with the intention of sleeping in since I am a bit “behind” on sleep.