DC

We had a great time in DC for Spring Break. It was a good drive down there, with only 17 cops on the highway between Ann Arbor and DC. Patrick drove us into the actual city and within the first 5 minutes we had our first "adventure". At a stop light we watched as a couple sauntered out into the middle of the street right in front of us-which was fine when the light was red. When the light turned green, the couple were still in front of us, not going any faster. Because Zoom Zoom is a standard (and still relatively new) you have to rev the engine a little before letting the clutch out completely. Well these people took this as an attack and started yelling at us. Patrick, getting increasingly frustrated with the fact that they weren't moving any faster (unless you count towards us) yelled for them to move. Which they did...towards us even faster, all the while yelling and screaming at us. I thought they were going to kick my car or break one of the windows. They finally got out of the way enough for us to go through the intersection, thankfully. We found the hotel with relative ease and found out that Lois still wasn't there. Apparently her shuttle took her on the grand tour of DC from the airport (which was all of maybe 3 or 5 miles away), and this took about 40 minutes. Once she got there, we went to our room and relaxed.
The whole vacation was pretty relaxing actually. Cold, but relaxing. We saw the Smithsonian, the Capital (although we couldn't go on a tour because there was something going on when we got there), the White House (which is smaller than I remember it), and the monuments, including the new WWII monument which was pretty impressive.
Gemma arrived early (2 am) Wednesday morning, and stayed until Thursday early afternoon. It was good to see her and I'm so glad that she was able to come.
Thursday, after Gemma and Lois left DC, Patrick and I explored the city a little bit, which was a lot of fun. We found this amazing place, called Teaism, which had the best ginger scones I have ever had. We bought a really nice unique tea pot for Lois as a thank you for the wonderful trip.
www.teaism.com
Patrick and I left early Saturday and enjoyed a pretty quiet drive back to Ann Arbor. All in all a very enjoyable week away.