A few weekends ago, Oak and I went for a jaunt to Washington, DC. Here are the pictures. Some linked highlights:

• We finally had breakfast at Ikea. At $1.99, it was so worth it. LOL. Though, the french toast sticks were barely edible.
• Our cheap place to stay in DC. We took the train into the city from Springfield-Franconia.
• Touring the National Zoo. I had heard about the Pandas and wanted to visit. After about 2 hours, we started to leave and realized that we hadn’t even seen half the zoo. The best part is that it’s FREE. Now we pretend that all our tax dollars go to the zoo.
• Lunch at Chinatown Express in Chinatown. Girls in the front window were making dumplings when we were there, so we had to get some of those, along with hand stretched noodles and some chinese soups. Mmm. We also got some desserts at the place next door that were pretty yummy.
• We went to a bunch of the national monuments in Washington – the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, etc. It’s crazy how close all of it is together. We walked between it all (though maybe this was a mistake, I hurt from the 12 hours of walking for 3 days!)
• We walked around Georgetown, with intentions to get dinner there. Only we were so full from the lunch at Chinatown express that nothing looked all that appealing. I think the highlight of this trip was going in the huge Dean and Deluca store. Talk about overpriced! These people need A Southern Season!
• A surprisingly good brunch at the Oasis on the Occoquan.

Posted by Carrie on Monday, June 4, 2007
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