Ha! Who got up first today!
The Holocaust Museum took about four hours to get through. It's an amazing place, very comprehensive. It starts with how Hitler was able to come to power, and finishes with an example of genocide today, and what people can do to help the people of Darfur. Obviously, very emotional.
Later we went to the SPY MUSEUM, which is a lot of fun. There are exhibits of all the 'high tech' spy equipment from the Cold War years, which is like, so 'The Man From Uncle'! *g* There was the Bulgarian umbrella - which made Cricket yell 'Professionals'! and giggle madly. It's an interactive museum.
After all that my legs ached from walking ALL day, so of course then we went on a three hour bike tour of the Mall, and the Monuments. And it was fabulous, cycling around the park at sunset, and all the monuments are well lit. I loved the Korean War Memorial the best. It's 19 soldiers walking across a rice paddy, and the lights in the ground represent the landmines. The faces have a ghostly appearance. On the wall behind them the 'mountains' that represent the landscape they fought in resolve into the faces of actual people when you get up close - the images were taken from Life magazine, and include soldiers, medics, nurses and all the other people who were involved. It's amazing.
Then I came home and checked my flist and was too tired to post. *looks vaguely embarrassed*
And then we watched Eureka on tv. Oh yeah, and this hotel has the sci-fi channnel!!!
Also, I have much love for Denmark and Sweden.
Later we went to the SPY MUSEUM, which is a lot of fun. There are exhibits of all the 'high tech' spy equipment from the Cold War years, which is like, so 'The Man From Uncle'! *g* There was the Bulgarian umbrella - which made Cricket yell 'Professionals'! and giggle madly. It's an interactive museum.
After all that my legs ached from walking ALL day, so of course then we went on a three hour bike tour of the Mall, and the Monuments. And it was fabulous, cycling around the park at sunset, and all the monuments are well lit. I loved the Korean War Memorial the best. It's 19 soldiers walking across a rice paddy, and the lights in the ground represent the landmines. The faces have a ghostly appearance. On the wall behind them the 'mountains' that represent the landscape they fought in resolve into the faces of actual people when you get up close - the images were taken from Life magazine, and include soldiers, medics, nurses and all the other people who were involved. It's amazing.
Then I came home and checked my flist and was too tired to post. *looks vaguely embarrassed*
And then we watched Eureka on tv. Oh yeah, and this hotel has the sci-fi channnel!!!
Also, I have much love for Denmark and Sweden.