Washington DC

Washington was wet.

Rachel arrived at our B&B, Adam's Inn, after directing the taxi driver from a free tourist's map. We headed straight out for dinner, and found La Rosa, a lively mexican restaurant with guacamole made at our table. By the time we'd eaten our way through the delicious but huge meal, the rain had let up, so we decided to walk to the Washington Monument. It was beautiful and eerie, with floodlights illuminating the rain clouds curling around the top. From there it wasn't far to the WWII Memorial, an oval pool with two fountains surrounded by large columns representing each state. We had fun taking pictures and trying to be arty with the water and lights.

We were going to head to the Lincoln Memorial, but the rain was so heavy that it was dripping off the ends of our noses! Instead we hailed a cab home to dry off before I succumbed to jet lag at half past 10.