Sunday, May 29, 2011

|| Seasonablly Blossoming

I carried my lightweight rain jacket in one bag and an umbrella in another. The weather cast said it'd rain after 10am till 7pm, but not a single rain dropped on this Sat of the memorial day long weekend. This was a rather gorgeous summer kick-off, seeing most tourists wearing tanks and shorts and bonny hats. The streets along the national streets were the same serene and untouched, but sometimes I think the space was dwarfing any human activity that could make a permanent disturbance of any sort. Yet there were many people coming out to visit this nation's capital, lots and lots of euro accents, chinese languages and most adorably, the student travelers who were dressed up in tanned light blue shirts.

Spent some time in the Freer and Sackler collections by the Smithsonian castle. Both of them were passionate about asian arts. One new exhibit was the tomb raiders' find of the stoned statues of the small fusion gods. They all had a peaceful smile on their face. As we moved along the side walks, we came up to the American Indian museum. There was a short film on the indigenous tribe's culture, life and pursue. The film was projected on three screens, top dome, mid TV screen and the bottom stone platform. It was profound and impressive, reminding me of the all the disputes remaining in the world having some indisputable histories and processes that only the people that belonged there understood.

The air and space museum was full of people, kids, older people and science loving geeks (like me). There was a tent right there serving McDonald. We were wise enough to eat full and eat well or else we wouldn't be able to carry on the afternoon journey.

The final destination was the National Botanical Garden. Here is my favorite, followed by other favorites ... Summer is starting!

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