Union Station

Union Station

When we arrived at Union Station, Bob remembered Vice President Joe Biden's story about taking the train in from Delaware to Washington every day. The Capitol is several long blocks from Union Station, and that must be a cold walk on a blustery winter day. The building is beautiful both inside and out, and most definitely a working train station. Rush hour had already started, and people were arriving at the station or lined up for trains.

The shops and restaurants seemed full. We were hungry but unwilling to wait, so we went down a level to the food court and bought Subway sandwiches, a late lunch/early dinner. The light was poor so I didn't take many pictures. I was unwilling to spend an hour on the bus getting back to our hotel, so we took the orange line on the Metro, to Foggy Bottom near Washington Circle, a now familiar point of reference in our neighborhood.

An hour or so later, the rain had started again and we abandoned plans for a drink on our rooftop terrace.