Adventures in California

I wish I could say I haven't had time to post my pictures from Christmas because I've been busy gallivanting around town and attending embassy parties, but the truth is I've just been lazy. So without further ado, here are a few pics from my time in SoCal...

On Christmas Eve we visited my old stomping ground: the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. They recently conducted a renovation of the entire museum, and there was a really neat exhibit on Walt Disney.

Air Force One - probably the coolest thing in the museum

Reagan's presidential limo (not quite as sleek as the modern version)

Marine One

Elise is always such a ham. (That portrait is made of jelly beans, by the way.)

I took these in the Disney exhibit (and they're admittedly not of great quality). The exhibit  featured costumes and props from various movies; these two are from Pirates of the Caribbean. The one below is the filming model of the Black Pearl.

A piece of the Berlin Wall. A lot of people aren't aware that only the western side was covered in graffiti. The eastern side was heavily guarded and people weren't allowed near it, therefore it was blank and austere.

I always love the view from the library.

At first I thought this was fake, but in fact the poinsettias surrounding Reagan's grave were covered with water droplets from that morning's rain.

Lastly, we went to the California Science Center to see the space shuttle Endeavor. I'd already seen a space shuttle at the Smithsonian, so it was no big whoop. :)