Inauguration Part I The swearing in

We woke up at 5:45 and were ready to hop on the metro to foggy bottom or farther if possible, and walk the remaining way, be in line, get in, have a great day, end of story. Easy enough right?

WRONG.

We got down to the metro and watched two fully packed metros pass by before hearing "attention orange line customers, we are experiencing delays at virginia square". Great. So we decided our best bet was to WALK all the way. Luckily i spotted an empty taxi right away and got a ride over the bridge, and only had to walk from the lincoln memorial onwards.

We made it to the "blue section" line, but were nearly the last in line, when we heard "bluuuuuuuuuuuue people?!?!" Yes? you have our attention. "Please go this way" points around building to practically the front of the line. We ran. An hour and a half later we were through security and waiting for history. We were so close, it was great.

Smooth sailing from here, except for the fact that we lost peter's dad.

Getting home was Just as awesome, but we had more time to do it. We stopped in peter's office for a while and chatted with the congressman till we thought the crowds had died down, and walked to the metro. Passed Capitol South, and Eastern Market due to huge crowds around both and settled on potomac. We finally made it home at 4pm

Next post will be about the official inaugural ball!