By Lucas Gradwohl

Today we woke up and went to what might have been the best museum yet. We went to the National Holocaust Museum. Even though a lot of us have been there before, it was still very moving. One thing that stuck out to me was a line that said something to the effect that that Nazis believed that the Jews lived parasitically off of other religions. I wouldn’t have normally noticed this except that we were called parasites yesterday by the woman in front of the White House. It was weird to see the same word used.

After the Holocaust Museum, we had lunch and then a choice of Smithsonian Museums to go to. I chose the Air & Space Museum. Many others chose the Art Museum where the art was good but the gelato was amazing!

The next stop was the Newseum. We started by watching a 4D movie about the history of the news. It was so cool. It was in 3D but you could also feel the movie as your chairs moved and you could get sprayed by air or mist. It was a very interactive museum. Outside the museum many of us ran to the next building which is the Canadian embassy so we could say we have been to Canada.

view of the Capitol from the rooftop		we're in Canada!

After the Newseum we went to the FDR Memorial and heard about his life and presidency. This was followed by dinner.

Billy told us we were going to see a documentary on voting but, it turns out he was joking with us and we went to see the new Harry Potter movie at a classic movie theater. There is only one screen and it is huge. The movie theater also has a balcony. It was very different from the regular movies you go to in the mall. The group was split over the movie. Some hated it and some loved it.

We arrived at the hotel and celebrated our staff member Sally’s birthday. She is 22 and is now old. The cake was really good.