After leaving the hostel, we walked across the street to the Ethiopian restaurant. As it was around 4:30, we decided this probably counted as dinner and not lunch, and therefore ate accordingly. We got a big meal to share, with lots of different dipping things which we scooped up with interestingly spongy bread. We all got greasy fingers, and when we'd finished, both Ricky and Diana were still hungry. Ricky decided to order some raw beef dish that apparently sounded very good. When the waitress brought it to the table, she had no place to put it, as the dinner dish took up the entire tabletop. Unsure how to proceed, she took the bowl and a spoon, and glopped the entire thing on top of the dish that still had some sponge bread left. It was significantly less appetizing after that.
When we left dinner, the real odyssey began: getting to the National Mall and Monuments area. We've decided to see the monuments today and hit up a bunch of museums tomorrow. We visited Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial (and the Vietnam War Women's Memorial), the World War II Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial, plus a memorial that I believe was for the residents of Washington DC who were killed in the first World War. We took lots of pictures, which you will hopefully see tomorrow.
We made a valiant effort to find a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream on the way back to the hostel, but eventually had to concede to our sore feet and take a taxi back home. Here we are bloggin' and chillin', and getting ready for tomorrow, which promises to be another full day!
*it's very abridged if you know me and know how I tell stories
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