For that past few days I've spent it packing, and travelling. My family and I are on a vecation in Washington DC and, despite being with my family for so much time, I'm actually enjoying myself. There was so much to see in this city. Sure the trip was boring since no one likes being couped in a small space for HOURS on a drive of about 1,400 miles up the east coast of the United States with people who annoy the hell out of you.

It's funny how I managed to tell when we crossed states. I realized we were in Georgia because the lottery sign at the gas station where we stopped at had a peach on it instead of a flamingo, South Carolina was because there was a sign at the crappy hotel we stayed in, and I knew we were in North Carolina because of all the sayings from the bible on billboards and the JR cigar advertisments I saw on the road. But I'm pretty sure that I slept through Virginia and Massachusettes

And right now my face is red, my feet hurt, and I just want to take a nice long warm bath and then go to sleep. But it was a fun day, despite getting lost for two hours trying to find where we parked the car, walking about twelve miles up and down hills and steps sight seeing, and having to endure my parents and little sister argue about which way the car was. I got to see a lot of awesome stuff and actually enjoyed it. I took really great pictures too. I'll post them up as soon as I get my UBS cord, which is in my room... 1,400 miles away.

Washington is definetely a city I like, mostly because of the history and architecture there. It's nice to see buildings that actually have personality to them rather than the typical Miami vice modern buildings I see all the time in Florida. The monuments there were incredible as well. I took so many pictures of the streets because I loved the scenery, my mom was a little upset that I didn't take a lot of pictures of my family. So what? That's the fun thing about having my own camera. It's MINE. I only took family pictures when my dad made me, other than that, my pictures are all streets, buildings, and other things I found interesting. Unfortunetly, my camera ran out of batteries so I had to stop taking pictures because of that.

Surprisingly though, the White House is a lot smaller than they make it seem on TV, I was kind of dissapointed, still at least I got to see it in person right? But the other stuff was incredible, I even got a picture of the National Christmas tree and the Mile Stone. By the way, just a little warning for all of you who want to go see the Lincoln Memorial and walk through the grass or along side the water; Beware of Geese and Duck poo. That stuff was all over and you really had to watch where you were stepping. The Lincoln Memorial had just as many steps as you see in the movies, and in a way it freaked me out. I don't like steep steps, they always make me feel like I'm going to fall and die.

My sister made fun of me for it, but she's the one afraid of eggs so I wouldn't be talking, at least my fear makes more sense than hers.

Anyways, after the LM we went to see the Korean Way Memorial and it was really amazing. I got great picture of it and of the statues there and the wall and fountain. The capital building was just as great. Again, I took lots of pictures and I'm planning of fixing them a bit on photoshop whn I get the chance. It's really ironic now that I think about it. My dad was starting to really get on my nerves because he kept on complaining about how I was taking too many useless pictures and yet my 'useless' pictures are what helped us find the car since my parents completely forgot where we had parked.

We did better today than yesterday since this time we remebered where we parked, there wasn't as much sight seeing since what we did today was visit the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the National Art Gallery. I loved the Art Gallery and really enjoyed looking at all the art there. I even got a chance to see a real work of THE Leonardo da Vinci! It really sucked that I didn't get to see all of it because my parents were rushing me towards the end, just because I was taking my time to study the brush stokes and really appreciate the artists' technique and style. There were all these incredile pieces there that made me want to cry because my skill level was nowhere NEAR most of the paintings I saw there. The sculptures were just as captivating, I was really happy most of the time that I wasn't stuck with my family, actually, in a way I wished we would have stayed lost so that I could have seen the entire gallery.

After that we crossed over to the Smithsonian and toured there. Again, my family wouldn't let me really soak it in and actually LEARN something. I still got great pictures but it was still irritating because of my dad. Plus, my right shoulder was really starting to kill me and it was hurting like hell. It's true that pain causes you to lose energy because all of it goes towards trying not to show it. After the Smithsonian my sisters and I were all too tired to go to another museum and in two days it feels like we've walked the equvilent of 20 miles. But on the plus side I've lost a couple of pounds and my mom has stopped hounding me about it.

According to my mom, tomorrow we are taking a break to do some shopping and I have to get my pictures printed so that I can have more space on my memory chip for more pictures. It'll be nice to just take a break after two days of non-stop touring.