It is difficult to put into words about how quickly I fell in love with the D.C. area. It is one thing to visit an area, enjoy what it has to offer, then leave it - as compared with working in the same area day after day. In Washington, I literally soaked up its history, its magnificent buildings and its beautiful monuments and parks.
Soaking up for me meant spending my lunch times (when not already committed), walking the "K street corridor," or to Pennsylvania Avenue, to gaze at its buildings and enjoy the views from the White House to the Capitol itself. Perhaps it meant a bus ride along Constitution Avenue to see the malls and monuments and people gathering around each of them.
I have two favorite monuments. One is the Lincoln Memorial. I cannot tell you how many times I stood entranced as I read the President's second Inaugural address, and those magic words, "....with malice toward none..." and "to care for him who shall have borne the battle..."
My second favorite memorial is the Vietnam Memorial. It was built while I was working in the District. I didn't know what to expect on my first visit, but when I got there and saw those thousands of names inscribed thereon, all I could do was cry.
I suppose one could say that I am a "history nut." That's why my present-day reading revolves around history - all kinds of history, including my U.W. textbooks!
More, later.
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