Day two was all Smithsonian, all the time. The museums opened at 10:00 am and that was exactly when we walked in the door. Day one was American History, day two was art. We started at the American Art Museum and worked our way through, stopping off in a few sculpture gardens. With so much to see, we had to breeze past some of the art that didn't hold much interest for us. It's true and shocking, I know, to hear that there is some art that does not interest us. There are reasons too numerous and deep to get into here, but we barely gave the Renaissance art a second glance. And after a while, art starts to look the same - the same subjects, the same poses, the same stories. Not that they aren't fantastic on their own, but so much exposure has a sort of numbing effect. In a way, that was a good thing, because it allowed the gems to stand out.
Unfortunately, we did not find those gems until the very last hour. We have to go back on day three for more of the National Portrait Gallery, which is our favorite museum so far. We also visited the National Air and Space Museum. And although we didn't spend too much time there, we took a disproportionate amount of pictures there. I don't take much pleasure in photographing artwork, but airplanes and spacecraft... that's another matter entirely!
My only real complaint with blogger is that it does not facilitate captions on photos. You just have to imagine what I wanted to say about the photos.
Day three will start with the zoo. There will be pictures!
1 comment:
These pictures are really cool! They're solidifying my wish to go to DC, myself! As far as the captions go, why don't you get a flickr account and post the photos up there? Then you could just link to it on your blog or something. Just a thought. Have fun!
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