This weekend and next

Well I haven’t really had that much time to post, and I didn’t really get a chance to discuss my weekend, but I’ll have to be brief.

Last weekend my Mom was in town for a couple of days. We had a pretty good time. She lived in Chevy Chase for a time in the late 70’s, but she had not really been back to the city for long since then. Being the inquisitive type, she naturally wanted to see a couple of museums that didn’t exist when she was here. We went to the holocaust museum, which I had seen before. Let me just say its depressing as hell. Its not as bad as some people expect it to be, but its certainly not a great place to hang out. It’s important history though, and I’m glad it’s documented. What struck me was the text of a Letter by Eisenhower to George Marshall.

The things I saw beggar description… The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were…overpowering… I made the visit deliberately in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’

Pretty powerful stuff. After that we went to the World War II Monument. We went out to Obelisk afterwards, which, despite the hefty price tag, was a great meal. On Sunday we saw the Phillips Collection. It was somewhat dissapointing, but the Master Works were on tour. Fortunately, they had a great exhibit up with Japanese block prints. The landscapes were actually amazing though. We bought a set of three of them for future decoration. We then cruised around Georgetown, saw some of the sights, and then headed back home. All in all it was a pretty fun weekend.

Over the next week or so I’m going to be running around like mad! Hopefully everything goes okay. Still looking for housing in Budapest, though I think things are coming together slowly but surely.

I cannot wait to get over there. I’m looking forward to our traveling so much. I’m sure I’ll be posting a ton of pictures too!

Anyway, time to work more on this research, its done printing out.