Vacation, Part 7 (Thursday)

Outside the Library of Congress reading room.

Man, the Library of Congress is much nicer than our Middle Tyger!

The sun shines on the Capitol.

Our tour of the Capitol was short, but neat. I had never been inside before. The millions spent on the new visitor center made it look nice, but the food was the WORST we had in all of DC. The hot dogs from the street vendor were much better than the gritty mac and cheese (good ol' Kraft would have been an improvement) and the absolutely tasteless burgers. From the price of lunch, I think I now know where the economic stimulus funds are coming from... Anyway, it was a good tour and the tunnel to the Library of Congress was neat. The Library itself was grandiose and beautiful. Tourists get to look at the architecture, but the actual books are safely hidden away.