This weekend was the beginning of the Cherry Blossom Festival. The whole city puts on activities for tourists and residents to celebrate the Japanese cherry blossom trees that bloom around the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. The celebration is a three week event that lasts until the weekend of April 9th. Every year, over a million tourists come to the city to see these beautiful blossoms. I am grateful to be here for the spring semester to enjoy the festival. My sister decided to visit me for the weekend to also enjoy the blossoms. She flew in from NY on Friday night and stayed until Monday morning. It was so hard to pack everything that D.C. has to offer into the two days that we had to tour. There were so many activities to do in so little time!
On Saturday we visited the Tidal Basin to observe the Cherry Blossoms and to enjoy the view of the Jefferson Memorial. I was surprised to see that the blossoms grew perfectly fine even with the cold weather. I was also surprised to see thousands of people outside also around the cherry blossom trees. After we observed the trees, we went to the Natural History Museum then out to lunch. After lunch, we went to the Botanical Gardens, where I visited a couple weeks ago. Even though I was recently there, they changed many of the plants they had on display. It was nice to not see the same exact exhibit twice. These exhibits took many hours to go through, so after these two museums I had to introduce my sister to the best frozen yogurt shop to boost her energy again. She absolutely loved Frozen Yo, as do I. we loved it so much we even went back the next day! Our last stop after the Frozen Yo was the White House, which she enjoyed seeing as well. On Sunday we were tired from traveling so much on the day before, but we knew we had to see as much as we could. My sister was determined to buy cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcakes so we waited in line for an hour just to get her some! She said it was worth the wait because they tasted amazing. Our next stop was the Newseum, which she also loved. Even though I went there earlier in the week with my class, I was excited to go again because there was still so much to see.
Ultimately, we had a busy but great weekend. I was disappointed to see her go, but at least we had this time to spend together. Hopefully, this upcoming weekend I can attend the events scheduled for the second weekend of the cherry blossom festival.
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