Observations from a Metro Newb

Today was an important day: my first experience with the metro.

I hate it.

No sunlight to be seen.

If you know me, you know that I'm a sucker for sunlight. I just neeeed sunlight to be happy. Well the metro is basically a black hole of death. No sunlight whatsoever. I got down there and thought,

"Well, this is ugly. Can't they build a skytrain instead?"

Also, the metro train is definitely not public health. I stepped off with some strange white powdery substance on my butt; and we can only guess what that is, right Olga?

The stop I get off though has the world's longest escalator. And by long I mean if you tripped at the top you would be hamburger meat by the time you landed at the bottom. And you'd probably also be a year older.

But for all its darkness and dirtiness, the metro is an efficient way to get around, I guess. It just kind of saddens me that I'm stuck in an underground metal tube when I could actually be walking and, you know, experiencing life.

In other, brighter news,

Today we went out in groups of three or four to find our respective internships. Our little excursion took us all around the city. We went to Capitol Hill, walked past the Supreme Court building (without knowing what it was), had lunch at Union Station, and then explored Arlington Cemetery.

The second you walk through the gates of Arlington Cemetery, the air changes. It's a sobering place. Just thousands and thousands and thousands of white gravestones, all lined up in neat rows. It was good to get away from the bustle of the city and be able to feel the history and patriotism of the area. We want to go back soon to explore the rest--I'd really like to see the Tomb of the Unknowns.

That's all for today. And then the daily work grind begins tomorrow!