The cherry blossoms in the DC area are absolutely amazing. I went last year and enjoyed them very much. This year my brother and his kids came up to enjoy them with me. We were a bit unlucky tho that it was windy and really cold so we rushed around the tidal basin instead of taking our time to enjoy them. A lot of the blossoms also started falling already because of the wind, but we found a few that were full. After the tidal basin walk we checked out the cherry blossom parade for a bit. It was mostly high school bands with a few floats with commerical advertisements. Not exactly a Macy's parade. Next was a short stop in the White House visitor's center to warm up on the way to the Japanese Street Festival. Massive crowds at the festival prevented us from doing much of anything meaningful. I was hoping to immerse the kids more in the Japanese activities and cultural stuff so I was disappointed it didn't turn out that way. Instead we headed over to Chinatown for lunch.
There were just way too many people everywhere in DC during cherry blossom season :( My brother says he will never come up to DC again on a holiday or festival weekend. Not that I blame him. Still, it was really great having my family up here. Various friends of mine joined me through out the day also so it was actually a pretty good day for me.
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