Day 2 Sunday May 1

Today we went to the zoo, and we got to see the gorillas, spiders, snakes, tigers, and much more. It was so much fun. We got to see so many different animals that I didn’t know I would be able to see. There were so many people there, and it was my first time going to a zoo. We saw the giant anteater with her 5-month-old baby and the baby gorilla. The male lion sat above his pride of 2 mothers and 6 babies looking very proud. The panda snapped and ate bamboo right in front of us. The Amazon Rainforest was amazing with all the fish and the monkey sitting right above our heads. . Afterwards, we got to go to McDonalds for lunch, and then we had ice cream at Baskins and Robins. Bye, Talan

Today we rode on the Metro in the morning to go to the zoo, and we changed trains at Metro Center which is a maze of tracks on many levels. We had to go up the steps and then down and across a bridge to get to a different line. The track where the metro runs is electric, and you are not allowed to go down there. It was a fun and exciting to ride on the metro because if you have never been on one it is different than a regular bus. The metro goes faster than a bus and you have to get a metro ticket to get on. When you transfer metro trains you don’t have to slide your ticket through the machine. The only time you slide it through the machine is to get in or out of the metro station. The cards that we used were only a single trip so you can only use them to ride on the metro one time to your destination. Mrs. Broughton’s pedometer recorded that we walked 20,513 steps today. Bye! Christina

Going to the Old Post Office was an interesting experience. It had a wonderful view from 12 stories up. From the top of the tower which has a 360 degree view of the city, you can see the Lincoln Memorial and even the Jefferson Memorial. We also saw the Washington Monument from the tower, but we weren’t even close to the top of it. When you look out across the city you can see everything. It was almost as cool as flying on the plane!!!! I also enjoyed seeing the bells which are the official bells of Congress. They were rung just last year. They were bigger than I thought they would be and had inscriptions on them. There is an official group of bell ringers. We walked down two flights of stairs to see them on the 10^th floor. The elevator to the 12^th floor was glass.

Sincerely,

Danielle