We had a short time in DC but we were gonna get some exercise in. Sam picked us up for dinner. When I say picked us up, I mean she walked by the hotel. We met Tyler, her fiancée down the street, he had just finished the day at a tax conference and then we headed over a few more blocks for dinner.
After eating too much we hiked back to the hotel for a short break and then it was off to the Rocky Horror Picture Show with live cast. Sam and Tyler participate and they had headed out early to get ready. CC and I decided to take the metro to the theatre as it was faster and cheaper than an Uber. I have not used the metro since I was a kid and they have made it much easier. They now accept any tap and pay so no account, no card needed.
We headed out around 9:45 pm and walked 3 blocks to the station. The train runs every 9 minutes at night and we got lucky with just a 3 minute wait. It’s only a 20 minute ride to Bethesda and the theatre was a short walk from the station.
I first saw Rocky in the late 70s, and I’m a bit surprised that 45+ years later “the kids” are still hooked. As always, Rocky was an experience and even though it started at 10:30 instead of midnight, it was still a blast. And yes we stayed out well past our bedtime.
Saturday we started by walking down to the Air and Space museum. They have more of it open now but it still has a bit to go. We wandered and enjoyed the planes for a while. After we had seen everything we headed out. CC had gotten a very exclusive invite on Facebook to the EU open embassy day and the girls decided it was a good idea.
We Ubered to the France Embassy but the line was crazy long so we hiked over to Italy. It was a long line too but we committed. After about an hour wait where we got samples of Danish cookies and European chocolates, we were allowed in.
They were selling pizza so we got some and some more candy. We wandered a bit and saw info on Italy. It was nice but nothing exciting. Our next stop was down the block at Romania. The line was short and moved fast. We were in in just a few minutes.
Upon entering Romania, they gave us some fancy cookies. They had a room set up that explained the country and culture and outside they had some nice gardens and vendors selling Romanian crafts. Romania was much better than Italy. After our embassy visit it was time to head home so and we decided to take the metro again.
It was a one mile walk so we headed that way. Along the way we passed Estonia and watched them teach the guests some traditional dances. Then it was off to the station. In all we put in over 7 miles and were ready for a break.
We finished the day off with a sushi dinner with Sam and Tyler. I checked the weather one more time, filed my flight plans and then it was time to get some rest.
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