We started our day at the National Air and Space Museum. We had tickets for 10 am. When we arrived just before opening the line stretched all the way down the block and around the corner. Once the museum opened it moved pretty fast and it was not long before we were inside. Our plan was to see the moon landing section and the history of flight and Wright brothers exhibitions. My tip is to head straight up the escalators to the moon landing then come downstairs afterwards. We did this and both sections were fairly empty doing it in this order. we spent about 1.5 hours there.

Once we finished there we went to the National Museum of the American Indian for lunch at Mitsitam Cafe. Unfortunately it was closed but we got some chilli and corn muffin at the espresso bar. We ate quickly and headed off to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. This museum doesn’t open until 12 pm on Mondays. This is a powerful museum, and I learnt heaps. My husband and I went at our own pace, but he had a bit of a wait for me at the end, I probably spent about three hours here.

We then wandered up to a cafe to kill some time before going to Oyamel for dinner. I ate cactus for the first time. I think it was good. It was very hot. We had a selection of dishes and I had a couple of margaritas. It was pretty good. We picked here because it was only a ten minute walk from the meeting point for our night tour.

Our friends suggested we do a night bus tour of the monuments. We picked a small bus tour which was a bit more expensive but probably less aggravating dealing with a big crowd of people, plus statistically less probability of someone being sick. My husband was doing what he could to avoid catching something before the marathon. There were ten of us on the tour and everyone was really nice. Our guide was excellent and we hopped off at most of the major monuments to walk around for 15-20 minutes. I’d highly recommend this tour.