Day 8: Deirdre & Drew
Today we all got on the bus at 7:30 AM, so we could go to the C and O canal and the Potomac River. We took a little wooden walkway to a magnificent view of the Potomac River. The Potomac River is defiantly not a calm river, although many think so.
We then drove back to Washington DC to see the national cathedral, (6th biggest in the world) it was incredibly huge. The stain glass windows had so much detail, and the amount of them was incredibly. There were at least 75 stain glass windows. Some of the windows had depictions of American history in them.
After the Cathedral, we had lunch in Union Station. It was absolutely massive with just about every single type of restaurant you could name. Right afterwards, we headed off to the Smithsonian Museums.
We had either the option of going to the Holocaust or the Air and Space Museums. Most of us chose the Holocaust Museum.
The Holocaust Museum was very powerful. It told you pretty much everything about the WWII Holocaust and it was extremely solemn/depressing and the information was pretty graphic in some cases, but it is definitely something that would be recommended for everyone to visit. The museum was a real eye opener.