Days 11-14
Okay, so I will have been in DC for two full weeks at around 5:00 this afternoon!
It was a very nice weekend. I ended up not making it to the National Cathedral for Easter, which was a bit disappointing. I guess I read the bus schedule wrong, and it was freezing cold waiting for it, so I decided to go to Mass at the Catholic Cathedral just a few blocks away. It was interesting, apparently the Bishop is what they call a "resurrection theologian" anyway so it wasn't as foreign to me as it could have been. And besides, it is the Easter story, I've heard it 21 times now, once a year.
Another interesting thing about the Catholic service was how fast it was, less than a hour and every one was out of there, no messing around. And since it was so very early I decided I might as well go the Baptist services too, so I did. It was also very nice, the choir did several songs from Handel's Messiah and so I went around humming the Hallelujah Chorus all day.
That afternoon, Gabri, Latha, and I went to the Hirshhorn Museum, which is modern art and the National Gallery of Art, which is everything else. We had a very nice time, after we got there. I don't know how it happened but I got us totally lost in the totally opposite side of town.
Then Monday night Gabri, Matt, Latha, and I went out to dinner at Bertuccis, a nice little brick oven pizza place. The food was good and the company was great but the service blew... c'est la vie, we had a good time anyway.
And then last night, Gabri has a friend who went through the UCDC program last quarter, another exchange student, only from Australia. She has now graduated and spending 10 weeks traveling around the world. They've been to California, now they're hitting the east coast and then Europe and Asia... must be nice. Anyway, they were in town and wanted to see Gabri and he invited me along. They had drinks at the Beacon and then dinner at this very nice little Italian place in Adams Morgan. It is in a little converted house, great food and atmosphere.
The Aussie friends were hilarious too, very fun people. It was interesting to hear what they thought about American culture, apparently our orange cheese really bothers them. They said they might call me and go out again tonight... we'll see.
Well, that's the highlights I guess, film at eleven...
It was a very nice weekend. I ended up not making it to the National Cathedral for Easter, which was a bit disappointing. I guess I read the bus schedule wrong, and it was freezing cold waiting for it, so I decided to go to Mass at the Catholic Cathedral just a few blocks away. It was interesting, apparently the Bishop is what they call a "resurrection theologian" anyway so it wasn't as foreign to me as it could have been. And besides, it is the Easter story, I've heard it 21 times now, once a year.
Another interesting thing about the Catholic service was how fast it was, less than a hour and every one was out of there, no messing around. And since it was so very early I decided I might as well go the Baptist services too, so I did. It was also very nice, the choir did several songs from Handel's Messiah and so I went around humming the Hallelujah Chorus all day.
That afternoon, Gabri, Latha, and I went to the Hirshhorn Museum, which is modern art and the National Gallery of Art, which is everything else. We had a very nice time, after we got there. I don't know how it happened but I got us totally lost in the totally opposite side of town.
Then Monday night Gabri, Matt, Latha, and I went out to dinner at Bertuccis, a nice little brick oven pizza place. The food was good and the company was great but the service blew... c'est la vie, we had a good time anyway.
And then last night, Gabri has a friend who went through the UCDC program last quarter, another exchange student, only from Australia. She has now graduated and spending 10 weeks traveling around the world. They've been to California, now they're hitting the east coast and then Europe and Asia... must be nice. Anyway, they were in town and wanted to see Gabri and he invited me along. They had drinks at the Beacon and then dinner at this very nice little Italian place in Adams Morgan. It is in a little converted house, great food and atmosphere.
The Aussie friends were hilarious too, very fun people. It was interesting to hear what they thought about American culture, apparently our orange cheese really bothers them. They said they might call me and go out again tonight... we'll see.
Well, that's the highlights I guess, film at eleven...