The Capitol Building
Union Station
our napping spot (:
touring wears you out!
touring wears you out!
Air and Space Museum
Did you know the Wright brothers were some of the first photographers??
It poured down rain one afternoon,
that's what this face is all about (:
Metro Stop
(I kept calling it the "L", such a Chicagoan :P)
The White House
Washington Monument
World War II Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial
Korean War Memorial
Martin Luther King Monument
Jefferson Memorial
Shake Shack (:
Eastern Market
The Pentagon
Arlington Cemetery
Whew! Kudos to you if you made it through all that (:
D.C. is so full of history and an acknowledgement that we did not make
ourselves, we have built upon what what our forefathers built.
And you can see this in the people,
they seem to carry themselves with a pride
of knowing they are carrying out history.
Very proud and strong people.
(In chatting and getting to know people, several asked us
"So, um, what IS Chicago known for?"
Oh you know, its just the 2nd largest city in America :P)
Some of our favorite things to see were the Eastern Market,
Historic Capitol Hill (which of course I don't have ANY pictures of :P),
The American History Smithsonian, The Lincoln Memorial,
ok...
maybe everything was our favorite (:
There was such a weight of honor in all we saw.
The Capitol.
The Pentagon.
All the memorials.
The Lincoln Memorial.
Arlington Cemetery.
A remembering of the millions of people who have made
us who we are.
Who have defined "American".
As much as we enjoyed traipsing around, exploring this and that,
eating good food (shake shack, sweet green, willard's bbq... ugh so good!)
there was always that weight of the importance of what
we were seeing and acknowledging the part
of our lives this city, and the history this city has made, has played.
I had such a hard time putting this post together.
We saw SO much and I feel that there is so much
that deserves to be said, not to mention a gazillion pictures (:
But a post with a 136 pictures and a novel to go with it
just would not be helpful or enjoyable,
so here you go.
Still a ton of pictures and words, but much smaller than you might have gotten (:
xoxo,
lyss
ourselves, we have built upon what what our forefathers built.
And you can see this in the people,
they seem to carry themselves with a pride
of knowing they are carrying out history.
Very proud and strong people.
(In chatting and getting to know people, several asked us
"So, um, what IS Chicago known for?"
Oh you know, its just the 2nd largest city in America :P)
Some of our favorite things to see were the Eastern Market,
Historic Capitol Hill (which of course I don't have ANY pictures of :P),
The American History Smithsonian, The Lincoln Memorial,
ok...
maybe everything was our favorite (:
There was such a weight of honor in all we saw.
The Capitol.
The Pentagon.
All the memorials.
The Lincoln Memorial.
Arlington Cemetery.
A remembering of the millions of people who have made
us who we are.
Who have defined "American".
As much as we enjoyed traipsing around, exploring this and that,
eating good food (shake shack, sweet green, willard's bbq... ugh so good!)
there was always that weight of the importance of what
we were seeing and acknowledging the part
of our lives this city, and the history this city has made, has played.
I had such a hard time putting this post together.
We saw SO much and I feel that there is so much
that deserves to be said, not to mention a gazillion pictures (:
But a post with a 136 pictures and a novel to go with it
just would not be helpful or enjoyable,
so here you go.
Still a ton of pictures and words, but much smaller than you might have gotten (:
xoxo,
lyss
One of my favorite posts of yours for sure! Great pictures and beautiful words here. Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAnd I did NOT know that the Wright Brothers were some of the first photographers....