Although your children have turned their noses up at Washington, I can assure you, based on the numerous trips we took with our children, that it is a trip well worth it. First, the vast majority of attractions are free (or, technically not, since they receive some form of Federal funding that is supported by your taxes). If you go to a museum in the city and do not like it, you have wasted your money. If you go to museum in Washington and do not like it, you leave and go to the next one and never drop a dime. Two, there are three kosher places to eat that are under the hashgocho of the Washington Va’ad, the Capitol-K, a very careful and reliable hashgocho. And those are just “downtown.” If you go out to the suburbs of Maryland there are more. Three, there is a shul, Kesher Israel, within walking distance of many of the hotels, and numerous mincha minyanim downtown during the winter days. We have davened there and found the shachris minyan a wonderful way to start the day, a truly heimeshe minyan with residents who welcome visitors with large smiles and open arms.
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