From the zoo we headed to the National Cathedral. It is a stunning building. But I really had to keep reminding myself that it was only completed in 1990. I'm used to visiting cathedrals in the UK and Europe which were built hundreds of year ago! It had all you could hope for in a cathedral: vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses and beautiful stained glass. It also has a collection of unusual and fabulous gargoyles! These include caricatures of people involved in the building of the cathedral and...Darth Vader!!! We spent a long time there snapping away. It has some truly stunning architecture to admire.
From there we made our way down to Dupont Circle for a quick wander. Parking is a bit of an issue round there, so when we saw a parking sign we did a circuit of the circle and pulled in. It was the car park for the bank, and there was a sign that said you had to pay up front. A guy was collecting cash, so I rolled down the window and asked how much. $8 for 1 hour and $16 for more that that. We made a face at each other, but we were there and could almost stomach paying $8 for parking... The guy then asked for $16. I made it plain that we would be a maximum of 1 hour and he told us that we had to pay the $16 and if we got back early we would be refunded the other $8. Well, ma heid disnae zip up the back, so we declined his kind offer being pretty certain that we would never see the $8 refund!! After a bit of driving around we found an on-street parking spot, so abandoned the car and headed over to Kramerbooks, or more specifically the Afterwords cafe, for a soft drink and a peach cobbler and ice cream - yum yum!
Last night we had a quiet night - we headed to Southsides (our local) and had a quick dinner and a couple of pints of margarita! Excellent!!!
From there we made our way down to Dupont Circle for a quick wander. Parking is a bit of an issue round there, so when we saw a parking sign we did a circuit of the circle and pulled in. It was the car park for the bank, and there was a sign that said you had to pay up front. A guy was collecting cash, so I rolled down the window and asked how much. $8 for 1 hour and $16 for more that that. We made a face at each other, but we were there and could almost stomach paying $8 for parking... The guy then asked for $16. I made it plain that we would be a maximum of 1 hour and he told us that we had to pay the $16 and if we got back early we would be refunded the other $8. Well, ma heid disnae zip up the back, so we declined his kind offer being pretty certain that we would never see the $8 refund!! After a bit of driving around we found an on-street parking spot, so abandoned the car and headed over to Kramerbooks, or more specifically the Afterwords cafe, for a soft drink and a peach cobbler and ice cream - yum yum!
Last night we had a quiet night - we headed to Southsides (our local) and had a quick dinner and a couple of pints of margarita! Excellent!!!
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