Tea and Mass.

On our first weekend in DC we had house guests, friends from Mike's Peace Corps days, and we were so happy to have them here; having people staying with us made everything feel a bit more normal than it is when one moves across the country.

Guinness LOVED the extra attention.
I headed out with these pals to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle to catch a Spanish mass. It is a beautiful cathedral and I kept myself from snapping shots inside, though I think I'll go back one day to do so.

JFK's state funeral was held here, which is an interesting nugget of information gained from today's excursion. I feel as though I'm learning new things every day. 
I'm fluent in Spanish but a Catholic mass is a different story with many phrases and much wording that is not what's used in every day conersación and reading along in the Daily Missal helped quite a bit. I actually only had trouble with the homily and even then it was mostly the echo of the microphone that prevented me from really getting involved.
After mass I bid farewell to my pals and joined a former student for afternoon tea at the Mayflower Hotel; I love having tea!

I enjoyed my Earl Grey and loved the the many little sandwiches.

It was great to catch up with my student and see a bit of this historic hotel and it was really kind of her to introduce me to this part of DC; ¡muchas gracias!
I walked home afterwards and was able to check out a bit more of our new neighborhood. There are many neat details in all of the old buildings and I can't wait to become familiar with them {& take lost of covert pictures!}.
We also took Guinness for his second visit to our neighborhood dog park. He mostly sits near us and watches what the other dogs do. Tonight was no exception but I like to think that he does enjoy going and at least sniffing about and observing.
All in all we had a lovely little weekend in our new home. Wish us luck in the next few weeks and for Mikey especially as he begins class tomorrow!
xoxo, natty ♥