Dec 5

Dec. 5
We got up early in the morning and headed for DC, and exited at Fairfax, Va. to get information on taking the metro rail. At the information center we found the bus and train info we needed. The center was the first school in Fairfax and we visited the small museum at the school. We found out that the metro parking site is full during the week and were told that our best bet would be to park and take the bus to the station, and that is what we did.
Our first stop was the Holocaust Museum. The museum “is both a memorial to the past and a living reminder of the moral obligations of individuals and societies”. The architecture of the building is amazingly stark. The impression I got was a brick train station. It took us 4 ½ hours to go through Visitors would comment and talk to us as we went through. The brochure states one to 3 hours, but we read and saw everything.
We then went to the Washington Monument and walk the mall toward the capital. What a beautiful place.