Overwhelmedness and Obamas

This one's going to be quick and list-y because we're going out for dinner soon and I'm already a day off and I need to get it out of my head and onto a page.

Went into New York City yesterday.
Went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Had lunch on the steps of the Met.
Saw the REAL Monet's Waterlilies. (Which I've had on my wall since I was a kid.)
Saw a ton of Van Gogh as well.

Walked across Central Park.
Got cupcakes at Magnolia's Bakery.
Caught the Subway.

It was intense and a little overwhelming. And SO BIG. Like... I know that it's big. But we walked and walked and went a TINY TINY WAY. If we'd walked that far in Brisbane we would have walked out of the city.

Today Gina and I took the bus to Washington DC.

5 hours of US highway is all the same, sadly.

We met Roxie at the bus station and walked around to see some landmarks. We saw the Whitehouse from the front, and then walked around to the back, and then police were making people get off the footpath and then we SAW THE OBAMA GIRLS RIDING THEIR BIKES AROUND THE BACKYARD. WITH BO. (THEIR DOG) It was very, very exciting. We also saw Michelle (we think) but it may have also not been Michelle.

We also walked to the Washington Monument, the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial. They were also very large and famous looking, but we were still mostly thinking about seeing Malia and Sasha on their bikes.

Okay! Going to dinner with Roxie & friends now.
(Look Rox! Mentioned you in the blog! Get excited.)

Lovee.
Lx