DC Part Deux

Alrighty, so I guess that it was more than one or two days since my last post...sorry.

Anyways, on our second day in Virginia we met up with Jon and I's good friend Sean at the Tyson's Corner mall. It is HUGE! we wandered around for hours until we finally sat down and ate at a sushi place (called Wasabi) that has a really unique concept. The dishes are on a conveyor belt, and you just pick what you want off of it... the food is on different colored plates, and the price of the dish is based on the color of the plate. The food was pretty good, and we had a lot of fun at Tysons.

Jon took me around and showed me all of the places where he used to visit as a kid, including his old baseball field. We also went to a pool party with people he has known since middle school. It was slightly awkward for me, but I made it through.

The next day (our last day), Jon and I headed off to the National Zoo. It is a very large zoo, and it was waay cool to see the pandas and the O-Line. the O-line is a system of ropes that allow Orangutans to travel around the park to different areas where they can stay. Unfortunately, a number of the exhibits were closed (including the elephant house) due to construction or it being too hot. I can't wait to go to the National Aquarium next time around...

That day we also took time so that I could see all of the monuments and the White House. Did you know that you can't just go on a white house tour anymore? you have to be on a wait list for like 6 months...:( but its okay.

We had fun in Washington DC, and I can't wait to go back and see everything else I missed, which is alot because we were only there for a few days.

Currently, I'm in Ithaca, NY visiting Jon's family. We are heading back to campus tomorrow though, so expect semi frequent blog posts while I try and get a job/ set up our apartment! Woo being all growed up!

--Kendall