Sample Itinerary
Monday
Dress: Completely up to you, just no "workout" clothes allowed. 2:30 A.M.--Depart from Aurora High School (circle drive on north side) 6:00 A.M.--Fly out of Omaha to DC 11:55 A.M.--Arrive in D.C., metro to hotel & drop off bags 12:30 P.M.--Quick lunch at a restaurant near the hotel 1:30 P.M.--Holocaust Museum (no photography or video, 2 hr. suggested time) 4:00 P.M.--National Portrait Gallery/Chinatown walking tour (pictures OK, but no flash) 5:00 P.M.--Supper @ Ella's Wood Fired Pizza 6:30 P.M.--Twilight bus tour of the monuments 10:00 P.M.--Return to the hotel |
Tuesday
Dress: Completely up to you, just no "workout" clothes allowed. Breakfast on your own 8:00A.M.--Meet in Lobby 8:30 A.M.--Library of Congress 9:45 A.M.--Ford's Theatre 11:30 A.M.--National Archives 1:30 P.M.--Lunch & Newseum 4:00 P.M.--Pentagon 9/11 Memorial 5:00 P.M.--Arlington National Cemetery & Changing of the Guard 7:30 P.M.--Supper and optional walking tour back to the hotel |
Wednesday
Dress: Jeans, capris/etc. & a shirt of your choice (no t-shirts please) 6:45 A.M.--Leave luggage with bell hop & metro to the Capitol 8:00 A.M.--Nebraska Breakfast with our congressional delegation 9:00 A.M.--Meeting with Senator Fischer 9:50 A.M.--Capitol Tour guided by a staff member from the office of Senator Fischer 11:00 A.M.--Metro/walk to Smithsonian Museums (National Mall)--free time & eat lunch there Smithsonian options include National Air and Space, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of American History, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian American Art Museum 3:00 P.M. --Meet to return to hotel & pick up luggage to go to the airport 4:45 P.M.--Fly out of Washington, D.C. for Omaha 9:01 P.M.--Arrive in Omaha 11:30-Arrive back in Aurora |