Okay, last day. We got up and went to Cafe Bohem. I guess they have a little restaurant that is open in the evenings and they just opened this little cafe next door that is open in the mornings. It was their first day and the employees were still learning how to do everything. But that was okay because everything was free. The boys had coffee and Jaci and I had tea. We also had croissants. Then we went back to the house to pack up our stuff to head to the airport. On the way back, I took some pictures of their neighborhood.
So we packed up our stuff and said goodbye to Winston, the dog, and headed to the airport. But we did make one very important stop on the way at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. I guess it’s part of the Smithsonian but they don’t have room for all this stuff so they moved it to a building between the city and the airport. What is the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, you ask? A museum of air- and spacecraft.
So airplanes. Also space stuff.
But these were not the most important space things. Presented without comment:
Okay, well I am going to comment. This thing is gigantic and it’s been in space. And when they launch it, they attach things to it that are even bigger. Will was wondering if it was worth it to jump that fence there and go touch it. I’m not sure he wasn’t kidding. He was pretty excited.
Here’s what Will has to say about Discovery, “*Sigh,* I really regret not running out there and touching it. I’m seriously considering calling the director of the museum and asking how much of “a contribution” would be necessary to be able to get in there and touch it. As Jaci tweeted about me, I feel that one of my life’s goals has been achieved all too unexpectedly.” I’m a little concerned that Will has too little to live for now. Anyway, I thought the space shuttle was neat.
There was a gift shop of course. They had freeze dried astronaut ice cream and little space suit costumes that were unfortunately too small for Will. After seeing all the air- and spacecraft we had lunch which was nothing to write home or blog about. Then we were off to the airport. We said goodbye to Ben and Jaci, who were most excellent hosts. We did the airport thing, which was also not very interesting. Although I did find a tiny toy snake under the seat in front of me.
Snakes on a plane! *Snerk*
That would have been amazing! (in regards to the air and space museum) I had most of those planes as small models when I was a young lad.
Also, whoever left that snake on the plane is brilliant!