Wednesday the 22nd
Today we drove to the Metro stop rather than taking the bus. We got there and bought a parking pass "Smart Card", a credit card with electronics which stores money on it and is debited when placed against a reader. It also works on the metro to pay fares. We caught our train and headed into DC getting off at the L' Enfant Plaza stop.The trip on the Green Line from College Park, including nine stops along the way took only thirty minutes. Disembarking from the subway we walked out into a gray sky but no rain yet. Our first stop was the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art (http://hirshhorn.si.edu/).
This is a beautifully designed gallery, round with inner and outer rings on each floor, interconnected by openings placed every 100 feet. Sections of the outer ring are dedicated to displays of various artists and range from paintings to video and everything in between. There were a few recognized names but most artists were outside my experience. I must admit, neither of us appreciate or like most modern art. We walked through all the gallery's on both floors then went out to the sculpture garden. Here we found fanciful works from several artists that were quite surrealistic, yet interesting.
Rained again most of last night and it was in the high 30's when I got up at 7:00 AM. It was supposed to start getting nice but the weather front stalled and the weatherman was calling for temperatures in the mid 50's with wind and rain showers. Bummer! We reviewed our plan and decided to give it a go anyway since we would be indoors most of the day.
Today we drove to the Metro stop rather than taking the bus. We got there and bought a parking pass "Smart Card", a credit card with electronics which stores money on it and is debited when placed against a reader. It also works on the metro to pay fares. We caught our train and headed into DC getting off at the L' Enfant Plaza stop.The trip on the Green Line from College Park, including nine stops along the way took only thirty minutes. Disembarking from the subway we walked out into a gray sky but no rain yet. Our first stop was the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art (http://hirshhorn.si.edu/).
This is a beautifully designed gallery, round with inner and outer rings on each floor, interconnected by openings placed every 100 feet. Sections of the outer ring are dedicated to displays of various artists and range from paintings to video and everything in between. There were a few recognized names but most artists were outside my experience. I must admit, neither of us appreciate or like most modern art. We walked through all the gallery's on both floors then went out to the sculpture garden. Here we found fanciful works from several artists that were quite surrealistic, yet interesting.After walking through the sculpture garden we headed for the Air and Space Museum (http://www.nasm.si.edu/). This is a huge facility dedicated to documenting mans quest for lighter than air flight, our probes of heaven and beyond. Once again we started at one end and worked our way through the various exhibits - beginning with the first floor then working our way through the second floor. At 1:30 PM we went to the food court for lunch then went to the Einstein Planetarium (http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/theaters/planetarium/) to see the movie "Black Holes: The Other Side Of Infinity". The theater is like an IMAX with reclined seats, dome screen and a multi-projector system. Way cool!! After the movie we walked over to the Mall and bought an ice cream bar from one of the vendors and headed for the Metro. We had wanted to walk over to the Capitol and see the Botanical Gardens but ran out of time. Everything takes a lot longer than expected due to crowds and distances.
We got home just in time, it started raining again. But only for a short time. Tomorrow is supposed to be the day when it starts getting warmer again.
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