Ok, so where was I? Oh yes, Hunger struck while at the folk festival and, while there was plenty of really good smelling food at the booths, I was in dire need of hydration and air conditioning. By the third or fourth time of Sarah asking if I was ok, I realized that I needed nourishment. I had never been to the National Gallery so it made a perfect choice for food and rest stop. We had sammiches at the café and then went upstairs to see the permanent collection of art. We must have spent a few hours just browsing the different paintings, commenting on what we liked, taking breaks on some of the couches. I could see spending much more time there as well. It felt nice to get some culture in me!
We headed downstairs to see a few of the exhibits and found something quite interesting. By now you should know about my friend Doc, or Caleb, or even his other name that he would kill me if I called him. I have posted a few pictures of him in my gallery. Well downstairs we found the painting of Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol by Francisco de Goya. For those that haven’t seen it, it looks like this:
Well, for reference, here is a picture of Doc:
Needless to say, it was a tad eerie. I am now convinced that Doc is an immortal and I plan to chop off his head and steal his power!
After being astonished by this new discovery, we met up with Paul and went over to the Natural History to see an IMAX show and kill some time. I even got the chance to play around with Paul’s Iphone. (It’s a cool gadget, but after about 2 weeks I think I would grow tired of it). We saw Lions in 3D and apparently, while we were in the show, a Storm hit DC and they had to evacuate the DC mall. I know this more-so because EVERYONE crowded into the museum. Sarah and I both went into anxiety overload and headed out to a less populated area. The Sandwiches were starting to wear off so we sought out new food locations far away from the main strip. Unfortunately, there was no getting away from the sheer multitude of people!
After being nearly turned away from two places, (hour and a half wait? I don’t think so) we stopped in at BudFruckers Fubblubbers Fu%$buckers, Fudruckers and had a burger. This would be the point where I said “Screw this” and we decided to head home. It has been a super long day, I was tired, and there were far too many people. I have seen fireworks before and I didn’t mind missing these. On the way back there was no one on the metro, we got back home by around 8:30ish in the PM and was able to see the Capitol Fireworks show on PBS in HD. Shortly afterwards, we gave in to sleep.
Had we stayed, it would have been crowded the whole way home and we wouldn’t have gotten to bed until probably 1am and 10 times more exhausted.
It was a good choice.
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