Baltimore/DC Inauguration trip Day 1

We arrived in Baltimore close to 9pm after the flight was delayed an hour. The in-flight movie was Nights in Rodanthe, which I did not watch. Kristi and Rob were very kind and let us crash at their apartment in northern Baltimore since looking for hotels in DC was a nightmare.

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Becca and I decided to take a day trip to DC using Baltimore's public transportation, which would have worked fine if we understood how the trains ran. Even with Kristi's directions we ended up frozen on a platform. Apparently we had to take the light rail to a stop, cross the tracks, then get on the light rail heading specifically to Penn Station, to catch the MARC to the DC metro. Well, we managed to get off, cross the tracks, then we didn't wait long enough for the specific light rail and just got back on the regular light rail. After freezing at another station, we decided to just call it quits and head back to the stop closest to Kristi's place. 

Becca spotted a Chipotle, and claimed that her lunch burrito salvaged the trip.

By this time it was late afternoon, so Kristi joined us as we decided to head to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. It was really cool. In addition to sea creatures, the aquarium had a baby two-toed sloth. We caught the dolphin show, which was really spectacular. 

Afterwards we met up with Rob and headed to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner...I had the ribs, no surprise there, and I snagged a t-shirt for my collection.

We ended the night playing the Wii, and made plans to go to DC in the morning for some quality sightseeing.