[....] The zoo is another favorite of mine.
Oh, and the Nat'l Zoo is free and people should be able to take the Metro there.
I understand the appeal of the
National Zoo to locals, but it's not among those attractions that are
unique to the
National Capital Area, and it might even rank as
not so special in comparison to zoos in other major cities in the U.S.A. (cf. San Diego).
An excursion to the the
National Zoo would divert CathInfo's band of visitors relatively
far into N.W. D.C. (Connecticut Ave., altho' I prefer surface-traffic avoidance via the Rock Creek Parkway), and relatively
far away from everything else except perhaps the U.S. Naval Observatory (whose exhibits might have been moved into the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum). Catholic U., e.g., is as far beyond the Zoo as the Zoo is beyond the White House.
I
now wish I'd posted my contrarian opinion 2 days ago when I originally drafted it.
This is more than they could possibly do in a day. I am happy to give other suggestions if you are interested in other places. [....]
Indeed. A classic example of
understatement.
I take it, given circuŠ¼stances mentioned by Matthew in another topic, that his choices of places he visits are sensitive to price. But let's get real: He & his son will
run out of time long before they run out of tourist attractions that have
free admission courtesy of our federal government.
That written, I recognize that it's his & his son's trip, and thus not up to me to decide what he visits.
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