Tourist Mode Activated


Date: May 1st

Today was a very big day for Henry and I as we got to leave the research behind and explore the downtown of Washington D.C. and all of its diversity. We started our adventure by walking past the Washington Monument on our way to the strip of museums. Our hope was to try and see if we could get into the brand new Museum of African American History and Culture, as it has been incredibly popular, but because it was a Wednesday morning we were lucky enough to get in. The museum was amazing as it represented different eras in African American history, from slavery to the present day accomplishments, and it was cool to see the name of Max Smith’s father at the top of a couple of exhibits. Afterwards we swiftly walked through the realistic displays of the Museum of Natural History before heading to lunch at a local Chipotle. We then continued to our next tourist destination, which was the group of the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial statues, and the World War II Memorial. Some pretty amusing things occurred while we walked through these historical sights; first a kid yelled that he could not wait to take a photo with “Abe Washington” and then a grown man completely fell into the Reflecting Pool in front of Lincoln. This gave us a good laugh in our Uber over to Georgetown Waterfront Park, as we spent a couple minutes enjoying the view before reuniting with Laura for her class. At Georgetown University we joined a graduate level microfinance class as four groups gave their final presentations about four global finance organizations: Pro Mujer, JUMO, BRAC, and Equity Bank Kenya. Seeing what we researched over the past couple days be implemented in these presentations was very fascinating, even though it made me realized we still needed to learn a lot about microfinance and its international impact. After a very long day of exploration we left the class at 8 pm and enjoyed a nice burger before heading home for the night.

 Total Hours of Day: 8
Total Hours of Project: 20


                   



         

         

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