Life in DC

New Brighton, MN

Hello,

In DC, we went out for lunch with Stephen an Sarah on Friday. The falafel restaurant was close to both of their offices. Leroy and I did a good job making our way downtown to Sarah’s office. It was such a good job that we did not need to ask for directions. We have learned something.

This little restaurant is so popular that we had to stand in line in the heat outside the building before we could even order. Then we took it back and ate in Sarah’s office lunch room. The falafel was quite good. I have not had any in the last year or two so it was a treat.

From there Leroy and I went on to the National Geographic exhibit that had the theme of inventions for the 90% (or something like that). The idea is that most of the inventions in this world are for the 10% of the industrialized, rich portion of the population. This display highlighted what is being done in recent years for the 90%. Some of the things were excellent for improving the quality of life of many people in an inexpensive and doable manner.

There was another exhibit in the building on Leonardo Da’Vinci. We viewed that also even though we had gone to a similar, but different traveling exhibit in Bratislava. The differences were more than just the language. In Bratislava it was labeled with at least three languages including English, in the US there was only English. There was also a part that you could touch and try to operate the inventions in the DC show. All in all it was well worth the time spent for a repeat, but not totally recalled visit.

Paula