April 2018
A few times a year, we visit my cousin, Theresa (Buy her book! It's on Amazon here.) in Northern Virginia. Beside our usual sitting around, catching up on family news and talking politics as one does while hanging out in the DC metro area with a former ambassador, we also did a little sightseeing. We visited Middleburg, toured the Manassas Battlefield and went to the incredibly impressive Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico. I highly recommend a visit if you ever get the chance! We also had a few really good meals ranging from a cool little diner to our favorite Greek restaurant to a historic inn.
When in Springfield, we always try to stop at Eleni's Greek Taverna.
Saganaki!
The spanakopita is delicious
How did we not previously know the very cool Bob & Edith's Diner is right near our hotel?
How did we not previously know the very cool Bob & Edith's Diner is right near our hotel?
Headed to Middleburg for some sightseeing
That dog is watching me eat my lunch
When in Virginia, Virginia peanut soup.
Tulips in MIddleburg
We had lunch at the historic Red Fox Inn
Visiting the Manassas Battlefield
Stonewall Jackson and his horse
War memorial at Manassas
Visiting the Manassas Battlefield
Next stop is the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico
National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico
The very cool atrium at National Museum of the Marine Corps
Exhibit on the landing at Tarawa
My mother loves a good cutout photo op
My mother makes an interesting Marine
Harrier jump jet suspended in the atrium
UH-34D helicopter static display
UH-34D helicopter static display
Imagine being a wartime reporter typing away in a fox hole
No internet, no TV. Just a radio to find out that the attack Pearl Harbor has occurred.
The flag that was raised over Iwo Jima. Intersting fact… my uncle Bill was there when it was raised.
The atrium has so many interesting displays in it
Checking out the Harrier jump jet from above
The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord how they could fight.
The famous Iwo Jima flag raising made entirely of Legos
F4U Corsair
At Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Looking out from the front of the National Museum of the Marine Corps
The grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps are as beautiful as the inside
Headed home past the Washington Monument