Inside the Beltway

We did just about everything you can do in D.C.: Visited the Smithsonian (we actually went in only the Museum of American History), White House, Capitol building, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and Vietnam War Memorial.

I have to say that the WWII memerial going in now really disrupts the flow of the Lincoln to the Washington Monumant. Considering how overdue the WWII memorial is, you'd think they would have had the time for some better planning.

It was pretty awesome to think that so much power is concentrated into such a small geographic area. I know, I know, the power actually comes from scattered votes of the country. But so much decision-making occurs is this small niche of a city. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.

And the train stations are just so cool in the East -- little airport-like malls that overwhelm with size and architectural history.