Monday, 02 February 2009 00:00
Written by Faith
Inauguration Photo Gallery. The day starts before dawn. We wake up just after four in the morning and the layering process begins. We have been in DC for a couple of days and it is really cold. I put on long underwear, two pairs of pants, wool socks, four shirts, a fleece, a coat, a scarf and gloves. I think I'm ready. We head out at 4:45am and make our way to the metro stop. We are lucky as we are one of the last cars allowed to park in the parking lot. We get in the metro line which takes just over an hour but is the most well organized line I have ever been in. We get into the metro and the second part of our journey begins.
As we make our way to DC there are announcements every five minutes of what metro stops are open and what metro stops are closed. The stops keep closing because there are too many people on the platforms and people cannot fit off the train. We get off the train one stop early and squeeze onto the platform. We slowly make our way out and people are breaking into spontaneous cheers and songs celebrating the day. As we come out of the metro stop surrounded by 100's of people and as we emerge and look around we see 1000's of people all headed towards the mall. We are two hours into our journey now.
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