Our family recently took a trip to Washington, DC, what fun!! We broke up the trip both ways, which helped us all with the long ride! On the way down, we stayed overnight with friends in central Jersey. Then we all headed out the next day, our first stop in Philly to see the Liberty Bell. We then had a quick stop in Delaware and lunch in Baltimore at the Inner Harbor. We really enjoyed walking around there and touring the ships and submarine. : )
Once in DC, we did a lot of walking to see many places in 3 days! Since Frankie was still 4, we brought the umbrella stroller and he used it, a lot! The kids loved the Smithsonian museums, especially the Air and Space, American history and Natural history. We also did the Native American museum and a few art museums.
We had a tour of the capitol, which we arranged ahead of time through our senator. We were a bit late in requesting the White House tour, so we could only look at it from afar. We also toured the supreme court, and saw the various monuments; Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Vietnam, etc.
We took the Metro 2 mornings; once to the Arlington National Cemetery and once to the National Shrine. Arlington is just so humbling, seeing how many people have given their lives for our freedom today. We saw Kennedy's grave and the eternal flame. I have a great picture of Frankie with his camera taking a picture of Robert Kennedy's grave, brings tears to my eyes. The National Shrine was also so moving and just amazing to see and walk through. We just toured around on our own and it was beautiful.
All in all a great family vacation! The weather in April was beautiful too!
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