East Coast Tour {part two}

DAY FOUR

The next day, Monday, was my last full day in DC. We took the metro over to Georgetown for some shopping, sightseeing, and to have coffee with my old roommate Katherine. She fell in love and got married after moving to DC post-grad, and now she lives in the Georgetown area. I had been here before, but I forgot just how cute this place is.

Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of Katherine, but I did manage to get a picture of the giant cupcake I had from Baked & Wired. Priorities, people.

After some hanging out, Allison drove me into the city to drop me off at Kim's (another college friend) apartment. It was during that car ride that we realized we hadn't taken any pictures together, so we made a last ditch effort and got one good one. We also got pretty lost, but eventually we made it.

I spent the evening catching up with Kim, who's going to Johns Hopkins to get her masters in Middle Eastern studies. Schmancy. Then I crashed. 

DAY FIVE

The next day I hung out at a coffee shop while Kim had class, and then we went to lunch. Again, no pictures of actual friends. I fail.

Pretty soon, it was time for me to get to Union Station and catch a train. I did some exploring in the terminal...

Then it was all aboard. I've never ridden a train more than within a city that I can remember, so I was pretty thrilled. I felt like I traveled back to the 1950's. On the way out of DC, I snapped a couple pictures of the monuments and other scenes.

I loved traveling this way. So low-maintenance and scenic. I had a row to myself, so I spread out and enjoyed the journey. Most of the trip was through Virginia, and I may have been listening to some songs from Pocahontas to set the tone. I highly recommend this method of traveling!

When I got to Raleigh, it was about 9 pm. Jarah came to get me from the train station, and we did a little catching up before hitting the hay. I was just excited to be there and ready for the next part of the adventure!