Washington DC - Part III

Monday was our last full day in DC.

We had explored nearby our hotel (within walking distance) the days prior,

so on this day we decided to venture out using the city's bus and Metro transportation.

The bus took us to the Lincoln Memorial via the Washington Monument.

It was a gorgeous day!

I have a feeling I will overuse the words "impressive" "historical" "so cool"

"beautiful" "meaningful" "amazing" and other similar words for the rest of the post...

so just know everything this day was all those words and more!

The Lincoln Memorial.

A view from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Arlington Cemetary.

President John F Kennedy's grave site.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

(yes, we were there for the changing of the guards)

The Memorial Amphitheater

After lunch (which we ate at a mall food court because we were starving

and it was close!) and we made our way to DC's China Town.

I'm not sure why we were headed there in the first place...

(I think we were looking for the US Mint Store - and it was a bust)

but we ended up finding a great coffee spot for Nik!

 

I'm not sure now what we did for the next few hours because I have no pics!

But we ended the night at Ted's Bulletin for dinner.

So so good!

Don't laugh at me...I ordered their grilled cheese and tomato soup.

It was sooo yummy!

Nik, on the other hand, had lump crab and mushroom gnocchi - which he said was the best ever!

That was my last picture of the trip...but here's what happened next...

We stopped for Cupcakes at a bakery on the way back to our hotel.

Once we got back to our hotel, Nik started having trouble breathing.

He was coughing a lot, wheezing and just not doing well.

Remember the fire station under our hotel?

Yup. 

I walked him into the fire station and asked if they could check him out.

They did!

They checked all his vitals and oxygen (which was low),

gave him a breathing treatment, oxygen and albuterol. 

They had us stick around for awhile to make sure he was doing better,

all the while talking, laughing and joking with us - they were great!

After awhile, Nik was doing much better so we headed back up to our room and ate cupcakes :)

The following morning - we were lazy and took our time getting around.

I did have one last meeting for work with the Hotel Staff - but that was less than an hour. 

We then made our way to the airport, had lunch and headed home in time to see the kiddos

when they arrived home from school!

It was a wonderful time spent in a new city with my cutie husband!
Thank you to Nik’s parents for holding the fort down.
I know it’s a big task to travel here and keep our kiddos.
A big shout out to Kay especially, as she had some ‘extra stress’ while we were gone.
She is amazing and my kids loved the time with both their grandparents!