Washington, DC - Day 4

Wake up: 5:00am (well, I didn't have to be up til 7:00, but you know how that goes...)
Breakfast: 9:00am
Metro: 9:45am

...and we're off...

First we had to stop at Metro Center to exchange our passes for fare cards so we could add money to our SmarTrip cards. Then off to Arlington...

Arlington: 10:30am
Arlington is huge, so we didn't walk around the whole thing. We saw Kennedy's grave then the graves of high ranking officials. We caught the changing of the guard at 11:30 and explored that area. Then on to the USS Maine where we sat and took a break (it really is huge). We decided that we had had enough of Arlington and headed to the Iwo Jima/US Marine Corps Memorial (by walking through Arlington). The Iwo Jima Memorial was much bigger than I thought and there were a lot of people there too (tour groups...grr). Our plan for the day was to walk across the Potomac but we were too tired so we caught the Metro and headed for our next destination.
Chinatown: 1:45pm
Lunch was at Fuddruckers' (anyone ever heard of it? I hadn't). It was ok for burgers but we accidently caught the end of the lunch rush so there were a bunch of people there too.
Next stop...
The International Spy Museum: 3:00pm
The first part wasn't like any other museums we'd been too this trip. It was very interactive, very middle-school-aged geared (and there at least 2 school groups to go through while we were there). You picked a cover, got briefed, and then explored how spies work and the tools they used. We watched a video on how to pick a lock and how to bug a room (both useful skills but I don't think we should be teaching kids that...). The second part of the museum was all history. How spies help, women and spying in the war, etc. That part was slightly too long. It was more like the other museums. Finish: 5:00pm, but wait there's a spy store (of course there is, there are stores in every place here). Leave: 5:30pm.
We're all tired (me especially as we've been walking around all day) so we head back to the hotel and crash.
About 7:30 Evan was hungry and Dad was sleeping so Mom and I walked down the street to CVS to get dessert and then up the street back to Subway to get dinner. Back to the hotel, dinner, dessert, crash.

Next up...Mt. Vernon/Old Alexandria...