First day

It's Saturday, the first day of our alternative spring break trip in Washington, D.C. With the exception of a few stragglers, most of us left College Park at 9:30 this morning and Metro-ed down to the hostel. A few short, rainy blocks from the stop and we arrived at the adorable HI-DC hostel in NW.



In the stairwells are murals and fun facts about countries, the rooms are nice and big, and the second floor is a sweet dining/common area where some of us spent the afternoon eating sandwiches and snacks and playing UNO. We went grocery shopping and divided up chores for the week. Christine and Barbara were the chefs tonight and they made a delicious spaghetti dinner which everyone devoured. The hostel is pretty full and nearly everyone cooking in the kitchen was making some form of pasta.



After dinner we watched SCREAM 3 while we waited for other guests to vacate the TV room so we could watch a film about human trafficking. That never happened. So we convened in the girls' room and played Taboo for two hours and almost to 100 pts. It was nice to spend some time laughing and getting better acquainted. Tomorrow we have our first meeting with the Project to End Human Trafficking in the afternoon and then, hopefully in good weather, we will get to explore the neighborhood a little better.