On Monday, Moni and I were supposed to go shopping in Virginia and then sightsee on Tuesday, but weather forecasts said it would rain on Tuesday, so we switched our plans around. We took the metro and headed to the city after lunch. First up, the
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a modern art museum which initially opened with Joseph Hirshorn's private art collection. The sculpture garden was really nice, but some of the galleries in the museum were under renovation so the exhibits were small. Still a good visit.
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| Hirshorn Museum |
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| Hirshorn Sculpture Garden |
In the garden they also had an installation of
Yoko Ono's Wish Tree. Visitor's can write down wishes on the papers provided and then tie it to the tree. When the tree is full, the wishes will be collected and sent to Yoko Ono and then to the Peace Tower that she created in Iceland.
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| Yoko Ono's Wish Tree |
We walked along the National Mall and checked out the
Air and Space Museum...
...and also the
Museum of Natural History.
Then we just spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the Capitol, Chinatown...
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| With the Capitol |
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| Pretty flowers along the National Mall |
...and ended up at the
White House. We met Tita Olyn here and then we walked to dinner together.
Fonso came from work and joined us for dinner too. Doesn't he look so nice in his work clothes? Haha.
The next day, it really rained the whole day! Moni and I went to the mall and did a bit of shopping. In the evening I had dinner with my second cousin Karina. I hadn't seen here in about 15 years so it was nice to catch up (and get my sushi fix!).
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