COFFE, COLD AND CAMERAS: Washington DC day 2

We started this morning by rushing out of the cold and into the warm Starbucks. We struggled for a while with the internet, trying, trying and trying again to sign up for the wifi so that we could post our blogs. Finally, when all the parents had had enough caffine, we got them up and were on our way. Charlie and I were assigned to mentor Mary, Kendall, Austin and Sierra. Our first stop, Old Ebbits Grill is sta retuarant that has been around since the early 1900's. We dined on crab cakes and oysters and interviewed the head inrvestigator corrispondent for ABC News. 

Then, we walked around the mall..........FREEEZING!!!!!!!!! We stopped for hot chocolate at  a stand on the side of the street but even that was cold within a few minutes. From there we hustled to the White House for a few photo ops. We quietly walked by the Vietnam Memorial, stunned by how many names were etched into the stone. 

Then, too cold to go any farther, we hailed a cab to Martin's Tavern for tea and chocolate lava cake. Martin's Tavern was established in 1933 and was the same place where Kennedy proposed to his wife, Jackie. We had a lot of  fun and it was great to be in a place where so much had happened. 

Then, jumping into a cab again, we pushed our way through crowds of hundreds in Union Station. We had gotten word that Obama would be getting off of a train there and we were flipping out. We pushed and shoved and thrust our cameras up above the crowds.....only to find that it was a decoy and that he had left five minutes before... Even if we didn't see him, knowing that we were in the same room with him was awesome. 

Totally happy with how the day had gone, we got onto the metro once again to go back to the church. Today was pretty chill.....and chilly. We had a lot of fun and our group bonded with LOTS of laughs.