Riding on the Metro

In the spirit of seeing local sights as inexpensively as possible, I was watching Mädchen this morning while Gretchen went out with a friend and had to think of something fun to do with her.

I decided to take her someplace she had never been before...the local public transit system! We got on, rode the Metro four stops, then rode back to our original stop. You may think that sounds utterly boring, but how very wrong you would be. We rode on a mostly above-ground section that included a stop at the airport, so not only did she get to watch the world go by out her window, but she also got to see airplanes. And she managed not to lick anything inside the car, which was a big plus.



That is one of the nice things about this age--a trip on the Metro is as exciting as a vacation, a trip to the pet store is as exciting as the zoo (speaking of which, for some reason she can spend hours looking at dog toys), etc...