National Monu-mania...(Washington, D.C. Day One)

Okay! So in case you don't follow me on any of my social media anythings, you don't know that I am in our nation's capitol! Our nation being the United States and our capitol being Washington, D.C.

It's only been the first day and already I've gotten lost...three times. Thank God I have an iPhone and that there is a Starbucks on every corner because I don't think I would be typing this right now. Anyways, I'll start from the beginning and work my way through the day.

I took the train to D.C. which was a very good decision. There was not a peep on the train. It was wonderful. I was able to get a fair amount of reading done and observe the trees/bodies of water of our country.

Water and trees...

Water and more trees...

When the announcement came overhead that we were close to D.C. I was over the moon. 

Happy Steven...?

Clearly I was excited and I managed to get a picture of the first glance of D.C.

'MERICA!

After the madness of dashing through the train station, finding the metro, getting to the hotel and getting settled, I managed to find the nearest coffee headquarters.

Starbucks-ing...like a BOSS...never saying that again...

Then it was exploring time! Now the thing I'm noticing about D.C. is that you can literally walk down a random street, turn a corner and run into a national monument. No kidding. It happened to me. See?

Le Washington Monument

And then again.

That's the J. Edgar Hoover Building BTW

                                                              And again.

Ford's Theatre aka the place Lincoln was shot

And again!

La Casa Blanco (The White House)

 Hello White House, nice to see you. 

It's kind of awesome!

So yeah, that has been my day. I'm excited to see what the rest has in store.
Oh! And I'm staying in an awesome hostel in Dupont Circle which is in the historical part of D.C. and it's wonderful. The guys in my room are surprisingly normal and friendly! Yay for no crazies! :)

Till Next Time...