This summer, my family and I went on a week-long vacation to our nation's capital, Washington D.C. We rode the metro, visited some Smithsonian museums and, of course, saw the buildings that house the three branches of government.

We walked past the White House on our first day (after getting lost and following directions from a local). You aren't allowed to get too close, but there was a big school tour group, some other tourist families like us, locals strolling past and even a couple protesters with signs all looking down the lawn at the President's home for the next few years. There were also an abundance of armed security officers, casually standing behind some barriers to somewhat hide the fact that they were carrying machine guns. And if you were wondering, there were no Trump sightings on this trip.