Spending the Afternoon in DC

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day and I spent a good portion of it in DC. After meeting a friend for lunch on Capitol Hill, I decided to stay in the city to do some studying outside and enjoy the wonderful weather.



I walked from there to the Smithsonian metro, strolling through a nice garden along the way. That's where I saw this popcorn mini-rose:



Of course, no trip to DC would be complete without seeing some sort of anti-war protest:



I also got stopped for a few minutes by a young lady trying to raise money for the ACLU.

I left the city around 4:30 and got back to campus at 5 PM. I keep forgetting how wonderful it is to live this close to our nation's capital and all it has to offer.