Eleanor did great on our flight to DC - slept a little and was playful and happy the rest of the time. We met Brad at the airport at 11am (he had to return his work rental car and switch hotels to be with us). We learned how to ride the Metro and headed to our hotel in downtown DC. Once we unloaded the luggage we headed out for the day! First we stopped and got lunch from the food trucks around our hotel - there were tons of them! We were right in downtown DC so I think lots of professionals take an outdoor lunch break.
After the zoo we again took the Metro and did quite a bit of walking to head to the Georgetown area for lunch at a burger place that is owned by Spike from Top Chef, called Good Stuff Eatery. They also have a location in Chicago. It was delicious! After that we were all ready to head back to the hotel....Eleanor hadn't napped or nursed very well the entire day being out and about and we were all super hot and had tired legs. Thankfully our hotel's bathroom was huge so we were able to put Eleanor's pack-n-play in there so that Brad and I didn't have to go to bed at 8pm with her. :)
Friday we spent the morning sight seeing around DC - we saw the Washington Monument and White House first. We couldn't get inside of either, but it was neat just to see them from outside. Everything was pretty roped off in preparation for the Pope to arrive Tuesday.
Next we headed to the Holocaust Museum, which was amazing. Tons of people but like dead silent as people watched videos, read about, and saw photographs of that time. Thankfully Eleanor napped during the first hour of our time here, but after that she was kind of screechy and loud so we sort of ran through the rest and then had to leave so she wouldn't take away from our guests' experience.
Our last stop before lunch was the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. There are like 5 Smithsonian museums there, which I had no clue about, but we chose this one because it sounded the most interesting and is the most famous one. Had we had more time and no Eleanor, I would've like to see the Museum of American History too.
For lunch we went to a local pizza place, &pizza. It was so delicious and they make their own craft soda so we had fun trying those out too! We decided to go back to our hotel for a break and so Eleanor could nurse well and take a decent nap. I also napped which felt good after so much walking. I had no idea a "vacation" to DC would include just constant walking. And it was much hotter and more humid there than Wisconsin is right now so that made it seem worse.
That night we went to a fancy dinner place, Zaytinya, a Mediterranean place and it was so delicious! I would highly recommend it if you're in the area. Our waitress made great recommendations which was nice because we aren't super familiar with this type of cuisine.
After dinner we headed to see the Lincoln Memorial at night, which is something everyone recommended to us. We also got lots of good views of the Washington Monument at night and happened to pass the World War 2 Memorial so we stopped there too. Eleanor slept most of the time which was great because it was definitely past her bedtime.
Sunday we slept in, had breakfast in our hotel room and flew home to see the Packer game! It was a fast but fun and exhausting weekend! :)
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wow looks amazing! You guys did tons of stuff in a short amount of time!!
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