First days in DC

I'm finally in DC. I did not want to pack and did a lot of whining in the days before I left, mostly because the last plane ride was so heinous and I hadn't yet recovered. This plane ride was not as exciting as the last one, but that's probably for the best.

Today, Brittany (my friend from Boston and DC roommate) and I decided to do a little exploring. We took the metro to Woodley Park in order to take a look at our residence, where we will be residing...at some point? See for yourself.

This does not bode well.

Conveniently, there was a CVS next door, where we bought our SmarTrip cards (which by the way costs $10, $5 for the card and $5 of value. We are not in Boston anymore. Boo). Then we went to Federal Triangle and walked the Mall. We saw the Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, White House, and Capitol. The hotel we are staying at is right near the capitol, so after grabbing lunch we headed back to recover.

WWII Memorial

Abe, no big deal.

Korean War Memorial

'Sup Obamas?

Capitol. I may or may not get to do some interning in there.

Backside of the Capitol

Tomorrow we are going to dinner with the program, and then Tuesday we start "orientation," which may or may not be a waste of four days of my life.We have the preliminary schedule, which consists of lots of taking us around to tourist sights and even on one of those trolley tours. At least BU is paying for it.