April 2, 2010
The Best Time For Washington D.C.
I’ve been looking at pictures like this all week. And I don’t want to write any more words about them, really, I just want to look.
I thought you might like to look too. It’s a picture of the blossoming cherry trees in Washington D.C. with the Jefferson Memorial just beyond. It’s probably during or very near the two weeks designated each year as the National Cherry Blossom Festival in our nation’s capital – filled with activities, fireworks, cultural performances, street celebrations, and more.
Do you know the trees were a gift from Japan? Two different times they befriended us with a gift of at least three thousand cherry trees. The first time we reciprocated with flowering dogwoods. In the eighties we offered them cuttings from the cherry trees themselves, to replace those they had lost in a flood. It’s a beautiful story of friendship between nations, really. (Though I confess to being a bit confused about the events of a certain World War right in the middle years of all that giving).
Think of the most beautiful moments in your life. The biggest moments, whether with people, surrounded by nature, or both. Now think of the pictures you took at the time. Do they compare?
Not even a little bit.
If you’re looking for the perfect destination for student tours, look no farther than Washington D.C. with its myriad museums, monuments, memorials, statues, parks, and history and culture galore. There’s no better place on the planet for educational travel. And if you’re looking for the best time of year to be there, the most breathtaking time, the time when nature’s framework for some of the most beautiful architecture in the world is at its very best. Consider the spring, the few weeks somewhere near the end of March and the beginning of April when the cherry blossoms bloom, and a festival is thrown in their honor.
(Amazing photo by ghbrett on Flickr.)
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