The Nation's Capital

The time had finally come - Spring break! Our journey to Washington D.C. began with a bit of a rough start, but after facing some difficulties regarding getting to the airport on time, we finally made it to the nation's capital. It was really cold and windy in DC, however, we were lucky to see some of the cherry blossoms already blooming.
Since we already arrived in the morning we had a whole day ahead of us, so we packed our backpacks and started walking around Washington. It was, and I really mean it, freezing cold and incredibly windy, which led to a quite short visit of the Washington Monument, since it was simply too cold to stay for long. It was, however, love at first sight for me, and as we walked around town I was very surprised by Washington's beauty, especially the town's districts which are not in the center where a lot (a lot a lot) of very impressive and old government buildings are, but more towards the Dupont Circle and the neighborhood around it.
I though a lot about on what aspect to focus on in this post; whether it would be the ridiculous amount of white men, in expensive suits and long coats, walking around Washington, being all busy and important, or the more "classic" approach to Washington with all of the main attractions. Since I haven't got any good pictures of important politicians, I decided to talk about the latter. Even though it was cold, we were lucky to enjoy five really beautiful and sunny days in the capital. We wandered around town, walking until our feet would bleed (no kidding, mine really did), but it was so worth it. The good thing about DC is: almost everything is free! There are tons of museums (mostly part of the Smithsonian collection) and attractions which can be visited for free. Therefore, we did a tour around the Library of Congress, which was very impressive and incredibly beautiful, a tour around the Capitol, visited the Washington Monument, the Lincoln, Jefferson, and the Vietnam War Memorial, as well as the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian. I am pretty sure that there is a lot more we saw but it have been some exciting and overwhelming few days, so I hope you will forgive me for not mentioning all of it.
Even though, there is a great number of important attractions around Washington, one of my favorite things to see was Georgetown. On Saturday we spent hours of walking through the neighborhood, and when looking back at the photos I took I am still stunned by its beauty. Certainly, we also visited Georgetown University, which was even more impressive and most definitely sparked the wish to study or even teach at such an institution. If you ever find yourself in Washington, take the time to walk around Georgetown and visit the University; the neighborhood is just lovely, with tiny (and not so tiny) houses and nice little stores to go shopping. I feel like I could go on and on about the city's beauty, with areas which look like the prettiest streets in London, enormous buildings looking like they have been built by the Romans, and tiny little cafés which sell German Butterkuchen. It's been amazing five days, and even though they were not as relaxing as a week by the beach might have been, it was definitely worth it and an amazing experience.