January 20, 2009
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~Pictures from our trip to Washington D.C.~
Summer 2008We toured the White House, but have no photos because you can not take ANYTHING to the White House, only your ID and your hotel key- you show up at your appointed time and they check you in. I was in trouble if Maria~Angelica needed a diaper change, we had nothing! It was amazing though and I was in awe the entire time, trying to take it all in. I had been inside once before, when Carter was a president. I remember Amy Carter’s tree house- she was a few years older then me. I hope to go back someday. I want the kids to see D.C. as they get older, it was a lot of historical info for their young minds. There is so much to see and we of course didn’t get to it all. We were scheduled for a tour of the Capitol and never managed to get to it. Our family was in D.C. for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress, I blogged about that here http://www.xanga.com/presvlisa/665947659/item/. Even arriving to D.C. a few days early, to see the city, there wasn’t enough time to see everything we had planned to. Maria~Angelica insisted on wearing her tiara the entire time we were there and several times she was greeted like royalty, lol! At Mt. Vernon our guide let us know that we need to let our daughter know that we are no longer a monarchy although at the Washington Monument she was greeted by a friendly guide with an , “Hello you Highness!”
~Washington Monument~
Views from inside the Washington Monument
The Bureau of Printing and Engraving- once inside the printing rooms photography was not allowed
~National Cathedral~
View of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in D.C. from the inside the upper levels of the National Cathedral.
Divine Liturgy at The Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Washington D.C.
~Mount Vernon~
~Capitol Hill~
Doing our laundry at the laundromat on Capitol Hill
~Dinner in Chinatown ~
