Washington DC - Day 3

Our last full day is Washington DC was more low-key.  We were able to take our time as the only planned thing we had to do was Ford's Theatre.  We relaxed in the morning, got ready, and headed out into town around 11:00AM.  We walked past the statue of Benjamin Franklin at the Old Post Office.

From the statue, we walked across the street, and ran into the FBI Building.  Marc was really excited to see this.

After checking out the FBI Building, we found Ford's Theatre.  We picked up our tickets at the will call window, but we still had about 45 minutes before our tour.  We found s DC gift shop across the street, so we headed over there to kill some time.  I also picked up my Washington DC coffee mug.  I try to get a unique mug from every place that we go.  I started doing this when we went on our cruise last spring.

Ford's Theatre is a really unique place.  The basement of the theatre is set up like a museum.  It takes you through Lincoln's presidency, a day in the life, and the period of time leading up to his assassination.  There is also a wing devoted to John Wilkes Boothe and the men who were conspiring against Lincoln.  The museum has the actual handgun that was used to assassinate Lincoln.

The stage in Ford's Theatre.

This is the box where Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were watching the play the night he was assassinated.  The theatre is still in use today, however, this box is off-limits to the public.

Marc and I in Ford's Theatre from the balcony.  You can see the Lincoln box across the way.

After our tour at Ford's, we walked down the street to the International Spy Museum.  We spent two and a half hours going through the floors of cool spy stuff.  We say everything from "Cigarette box guns," walking stick swords, coat button microphones, and so on.  They had models how many places there were to hide in cars.  The museum started with the early spies during World War I and followed the trends into today.

When we finished at the spy museum, it was very dark, and the heavens were going to let loose.  Marc and I were hungry, so we found a cute little Tex-Mex restaurant for lunch.  As the rain poured down we enjoyed out steak tacos, chips and salsa, and a beer or two.  An hour or so later and you would have never known it rained.

We wrapped up the day by walking past the White House and the Treasury Department.

Our trip to Washington DC was very memorable.  Marc and I shared many experiences together, and it was a good relationship build for the two of us.  There are so many things in DC that we didn't get to do, so I could see another long weekend trip at a later date.  This trip was one of the best birthday surprises I've ever had!