Day 4 - I'm just a Bill

Did you know that the White House wasn't originally white at all? Did you know that there are only 8 female names on the Vietnam Memorial Wall? Or did you know that the 38 columns around the Lincoln Memorial represent the 38 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's assassination?

....Well I do!

How do I know this? Well, that's actually a good segue for me to discuss what Emma, Andy, and I did today. It all started last night when Andy's sister, Julie, recommende

d we take a guided Segway tour of Washington DC. We thought it would be very fun and a great way to see the all the sites of DC without having to walk. Plus, it would be wicked fun because none of us had ever ridden a Segway before.

Due to major traffic on I-95 this morning, trying to find a parking spot at the Metro, and finding our way to the tour company, we were a bit late for the briefing and instructions on how to ride the vehicle. Luckily, there was only one other person signed up for the 10 a.m. tour. Surprisingly, getting the hang of the machine was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. In fact, it was pretty easy for all of us and we were off on Pennsylvania Ave before we knew it. Being the scientist that I am I have come up with an equation that predicts how fun riding on a Segway is. The amount of fun you are having on a Segway is equally proportional to how

ridiculous you look while riding it. Since we looked pretty darn ridiculous acting as if we were on our daily commute to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue on a SEGWAY, we were non-verbally screaming "nerdy tourist!!!" But we were having a BLAST! It was such an awesome sensation just being able to adjust your body we

ight to the balls of your feet and cruise along the streets of DC without breaking a sweat. What would normally take the average tourist to see in a full day of walking, only took us a total of 3 hours. I would recommend this to anyone who has already seen the sites of DC but would just like a quick overview.

The fourth person with us is Nozomi from Japan. She is 20 years old and is by herself in the U.S. traveling all over. She was the sweetest girl. She also is planning on celebrating her 21st birthday in Vegas next week. She is just one of the many people we hope to meet on our daily adventures.

After that we grabbed a pizza and headed to the National Air and Space Museum, which is part of the 19 free admission Smithsonian museums. We plan on hitting up some of the other museums later on in the week.

Today was fun, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?

Aramis

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