Day Two

Ok, Day two was our first official day of touring the city. We ran into a few snags, and if I can find a picture of the map, I will post it here so you can see how many of the streets were closed that made it extremely difficult for our charter bus to get around town. Our first event was to attend an event where guest speakers Mary Eisenhower, President Eisenhower's granddaughter, and Ken Walsh, who is the Chief White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report spoke to the delegates about the background of People to People and President Obama. Look for video postings on this soon.


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After we left there, we took the kids to lunch at Buca Di Beppo... feeding 3 buses of children in one restaurant is always a challenge for us, since that was about 150 students, but the restaurant handled it beautifully and the food was fantastic. As in typical People to People fashion, there was already a set menu and preordered food. I was extremely proud of the students, since they did not complain a bit and ate everything in site. When we finished lunch, it was off to see Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center. We were able to walk around a bit and tour the Kennedy center before seeing the show. If you have not yet seen this... it is a must! ABSOLUTELY hysterical!! Following the show we were able to go see the White House. Even though it was night time, we were able to get all the way up to the gates and take a picture from the side. The students were able to see the encasing the President sat in to watch the parade also. They got a little spooked when a random group of men walked up to them and started rapping a song about Obama and used words like they would "kill for your momma," but we discussed how everyone has different ways of expressing themselves to show support. Dinner was in the Pentagon City food court, which we almost missed since our crazy DM didn't get us there till almost 8PM... somehow there were still two places open and were kind enough to stay open till all our delegates were fed. Back to the hotel we went and the kiddies were off to bed!! :)