Yes, there is a LOT to discuss and a lot to share, but I'll save specifics for specific posts to come, but right now we are in dire need of an overview!
Categories: (drum role please) . . .
- Worst Part: Waking up at 2am on Wednesday to make our flight.
- Worst Part (part 2): rushing through the White House tour as it was moved to 7am and ...let me tell you...7 am is not "peak time" for 8th grade interest. When a tour revolves around self-started questioning, there might be a better time for students than 7am. All I'm saying. More that 20 minutes inside said building would be been wonderful.
- Most Unfortunate Part: Pouring rain during the Arlington Cemetery tour because so much was lost with people trying to squeeze into umbrellas and not seeing the beautiful scenery and all it had to offer.
- Most Surprising Part: being privy to a hearing and seeing a 14-gun-shot salute during a burial at Arlington Cemetery.
- Most Emotional Part: Visiting the Police Monument and watching a student lay a bouquet a flowers above his father's name. I cried. A lot.
- Most Beautiful Part: Standing at Mt. Vernon in the backyard overlooking the Potomac River. ... now if I only had a book and a blanket...
- Most Relaxing Part: Enjoying the outdoor sun for an hour on Friday, 11am.
- Most Amazing Part: Standing atop the Newseum balcony, hearing sirens in the background and thinking it was just another ambulance, only to turn around and see the 8-car Presidential Entourage speeding down Pennsylvania Avenue!!!
- Funniest Part: Having our ghost tour lady say that funeral homes used to call up the ice shops because they had dead bodies to preserve, except, instead of saying it that way she said they called up the ice shops saying, "they needed ice because they had a stiff one". Absolutely the wrong wording or an 8th grade audience.
As basic overviews go, that's a pretty awesome synopsis over the overall experience. Most specifics to come about places to visit, inside scoops, and take on "tour" food. :-)
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