Washington DC Day 1 4/16/18

We woke Nathaniel and Zoe at 6:15 this morning so they could dress, eat breakfast and brush teeth before we drove to New London to catch the 7:40 train.  Unfortunately, it was raining this morning, but not pouring, so we got a bit damp going from the parking garage to the station, but no one was soaked.  We had to walk through three cars before we found 4 seats together, but we settled in and got comfortable for the ride.  We looked for Jimmy and Jeanne's house, but didn't see it - we did wave and say "Hi" at the point where we thought their house was.  We also said "Hi" to Zoe's Yaya as we went through Stamford.  We got to New York in about two hours.  The kids played games on their machines, did some puzzles and coloring pages about DC that I had packed and watched Yukon Gold on Nathaniel's machine.  We had lunch on the train - not a lot of choices: sandwiches, burgers and dogs, but they kids go to choose. 

We got to DC at 2 and wouldn't you know, it was raining again.  We hopped in a taxi and got to our home-away-from-home in Logan Circle.  By the time we got settled, the rain had stopped and we went across the street to Whole Foods to get some breakfast items.  We then walked to the Dupont Circle metro station and went down to the mall.  We got off at the wrong station for the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial so we changed plans and visited the outdoor sculpture garden where the kids had their photos taken in front of their favorite sculptures and had a ride on the mall carousel.  The carousel was moved here from Baltimore in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.  On the same day that he gave his dream speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a young black girl and her father were the first people of color to ride the Baltimore carousel.  The kids enjoyed the ride and we got back on the metro and headed to Chinatown to have dinner.  We chose to eat at the Corner Bakery Cafe.  Zoe had a breakfast sandwich and Nathaniel had pasta and meatball (singular and it was the largest one I have ever seen!).  They each had a bowl of fruit with their dinner.  We "metroed" back to Dupont Circle and walked back to the condo.  We were all happy to shed our shoes and the kids are writing their journal page.  Tomorrow we will start with the Air and Space Museum and then go from there.  BTW, the cherry blossoms are out, but they are a little past peak.