Days with Ilana and Stearns are delightful: today we did lots of touristy DC activities--we started the afternoon at the National Gallery of Art, where Ilana put her new college-level art history skills to work, and where we all enjoyed a Christmas choir that included audience participation in Christmas carols--how very democratic!
After that, we headed over to the botanical gardens, which we heard from Hopkins were nice in at Christmastime. Indeed, the botanical gardens featured replicas of many of the monuments and museums around the mall, only made out of organic materials like acorn tops and leaves.
I was most intrigued by the patterns on the leaves throughout the botanical gardens, as you might be able to tell.
We finished the afternoon by climbing the Old Post Office Tour, which, since it's in the center of things, offers one of the best views of the city. We didn't actually climb the tower--we road elevators to the top. For some reason, the Old Post Office Tower has bells, too, which are change-rung. The Old Post Office Tower, as far as I can tell, has nothing inside but a food court. Which, luckily, sold Ben and Jerry's ice cream, since Ilana had been looking for one so that she could use (share!) an old gift card.
Walking around in the freezing cold left us exhausted! So I couldn't convince them to go ice skating at the end of the day. Instead, we played boggle, and Ilana soundly won.
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