On Saturday we went into DC and enjoyed "Passport DC 2010" when Embassies from around the world open their doors to the public. Robby marched us all they way up Mass. Ave in the heat to enjoy the Brazilian embassy. It has a beautiful building which was created by the same architect who designed the National Gallery of Art's West Building.
On the way back down Mass Ave. we stopped in at the Muslim Women Center's Mosque. It was an interesting experience to cover my head with a scarf as was required but the beautiful interior was inspiring. We also enjoyed the music from the Colombian embassy and the sights from outside Indonesia Japan Korea and Australian Embassies but the lines were too long to get in before closing time - sad day.
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Next week the EU embassies have their open houses. I'm really hoping to go back though I'm a little conflicted because Montgomery County is having a sheep and wool festival on the same day. But the French embassy promised to have actors impersonating some of their most famous historical figures like Napoleon and Lafayette and invite the public to come chat with them. And Germany is having soccer games for kids while Sweden is promising displays on Green technology. I love DC. It's nice to have options. Which would you choose, sheep festival or European Embassies?
Here's a DC bus with an ad Robby and I enjoyed.
4 comments:
Tough call. I say go to the sheep festival then go tour europe. ;)
It looks like you had a good temporary substitute for Brazil! Fun! I can't say which to choose - but sheep in D.C. are perhaps a rarer sight than reps. from the EU...go for the sheep?
Have fun!
I do remember those cheese buns, they were amazing! The embassy trip would get my vote.
That is a tough call, but I say go with the EU emabssies....you can find sheep needed to be shorn every year, no? Once I went to the French embassy, but unforuntately Napolean wasn't there. Have fun and don't try to wear that head scarf if you go to the Belgian embassy.
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