Our Independence Day holiday started Wednesday evening by going to the dress rehearsal of the annual concert given on the steps of the Capitol building. Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow performed, along with a 13 year old girl from America's Got Talent, a sort of country guy from American Idol (I think?), some kid from Glee, and two performers from the Broadway musical "Motown." It was good, though I did think there would be more patriotic music performed.
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| At the Capitol Fourth dress rehearsal |
Thursday, we visited the Holocaust Museum. Amazing! We spent two hours there and didn't get wiped out or overly tired because of it. And it really made us appreciate our freedom and liberties. That evening we watched the city fireworks from the balcony of a building that another intern works in.
On Friday, a long-awaited date occurred: paddle-boating in the tidal basin. It was fun! Hot and tiring since we were the powersource getting our little paddleboat to go anywhere. However, we were serenaded by a practicing choir on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. Later that day we went to see "Man of Steel" at the AMC theater in Georgetown.
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| We took a really fast picture, facing the sun (which is why we're squinting); I was slightly paranoid about dropping my camera into the water... |
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| Cody, the Jefferson memorial, and the practicing choir in the background |
Saturday=day of nothingness. We hung around the apartment building, did laundry, went grocery shopping, watched some shows, read, played air hockey and Scrabble, and talked. I was attired in basketball shorts and my orange BYU NSO shirt all day. It was fantastic!
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