Teacher Carl travels to Washington D.C. (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)

We made to Washington D.C., and on our first day, we took the Metro to Union Station, where we spent an hour trying to find where we were supposed to catch the D.C. Circulator bus to take us to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Lunar lander model, and hanging above it, the actual 'Spirit of St. Louis' airplane, which was the first airplane that flew nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Model of the Hubble Telescope. 

A model of a space shuttle main engine. 

A small model of the International Space Station. 

X-15 

Replica of the Wright brothers' airplane, the 'Wright Flyer'. 

Bell X-1 

SpaceShipOne 

Spirit of St. Louis 

Models of Voyager 1 and 2. 

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 

Rutan Model 76 Voyager, that flew around the world nonstop. 

U.S.S. Enterprise, from the television show, 'Star Trek'.

Easter 2012 in Beijing

I was so completely exhausted from my first very busy Easter in Beijing.

It all started with my usual sunday morning bus ride to church with my parents and sister.

After church, we went around the corner from the church to a big mall called Solana.

They had a central courtyard for us to walk around.

One part of the mall has everything for kids including ice skating.

Since I am not big enough for ice skating yet, I played in the little kids play area.

I really like going up and down steps now that I can do it by myself.

I see you.

Excuse me, coming through.

This was my first time in a ball pit.

It had a lot of very colorful balls.

It was very fun.

Where does the train go?

When mom and dad finally got me away from the play area inside, we went outside just in time for the Easter egg painting.

I found one just my size.

Here comes the paint.

This is fun.

We should have Easter every sunday.

Can we do this at home?

Many other people enjoyed Easter at the Solana Mall with us.

The mall is at the northwest corner of Chaoyang Park and this is what looks to be a giant fried egg.