Wednesday 11th June
Today Laurens host mother (the one with the pool......i withhold my scaving jealousy) showed us around the Library of Congress, with 1.3 million items covering everything from the first map ever made showing America as a whole to Churchill's report card to all the latest books published. I will never again utter the words I've nothing interesting to read (....well..no...i most likely will as I enjoy moaning) but to tour the building and see some private archived documents such as the telegram sent to the US from Pearl Harbour informing them of the attack really was a privilege. We also had to prepare a class to entertain the young kids of JO Wilson school the next day, Maria and I volunteered to be the teachers and so we had to work on that which was alot of fun as the rest of the group were planning to Irish sing, dance, play music and teach the kids some Irish words. Me, Judith, the gentleman that is Alan, Luke, Lauren and the "Buggy" headed to Georgetown for tea and some shopping. Such a gorgeous area and immediately I found a place where I could combine my two passions in life.....buying things...and drinking! I was very impressed with the area and with the team all mixing in outings to different places for lunch, dinner or a drink its great the way we are all getting to know each other and forge really firm friendships... :):):)
