White House East Wing Tour

A recent study tour was a tour of the East Wing of the White House.  This may be one of my favorite tours that we have been on.  Luckily, we had the extra bonus of being guided through the building by our very own WAIP fellow Sarah Montell, who works in the Social Office of the First Lady and gets to work in this amazing building every day!  The inside of the Wing is beautiful, with extravagant chandeliers and flower arrangements in many of the rooms, portraits of past presidents, and pictures of the First family.  The greatest part of the tour (and I know Katy Hogan was incredibly excited by this, too) was that we got to see Bo and Sunny!  They happened to be inside when we were there and we quickly hurried up the stairs to get closer to them.  We tried to pet them (obviously) and came so close, but we couldn’t get past a guy who was petting them and then Bo was over it and walked away….so sad.  However, the experience was still extremely cool and I’m so glad Katy was able to set up the tour for us!  We spent part of the tour in the central part of the White House, which is where the First family lives and dines and such, so that was very cool as well.  One thing: if you ever visit the White House, remember to bring a government-issued ID because there is a lot of security! This could be slightly difficult if you lose your driver’s license like I did and have to remember to carry your passport everywhere.

 I’m excited for tomorrow’s tour of the Washington Monument, a place I run by frequently thanks to the great location where we live on the Hill!