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Saint Louis Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saint Louis, United States
Day off in St. Louie
... to Forest Park. Nice park larger than NYC's Central Park, with several museums and fountains. My destination with the St Louis Art Museum which was free! and quite nice. I posted a couple of pics of my favorite pieces on Facebook. ...
Moving On...
So yes, I know, I'm no longer in Vienna and I already made my final post. But guess what - I've decided that I'm not done blogging. To continue the tradition, I unveil Folkor's Music Reviews: http://patricksmusic.blogspot.com/ Enjoy. See you next ...
Magical Mr. Mistoffelees
... many young families with children fill the sanctuary. Afterwards we headed back to The Rock, ate lunch, and then headed over to the St. Louis City Museum. The City Museum is not a "museum" in most senses, but rather, it is a huge playground that is in an ...
Logout
... fault. Oh well, I left before 6 so alls fair. I thought I'd put up a picture of the most known image of St. Louis, the arch. It represents the struggle of our young nation in expanding westward into the wildnerness. I'm not going to be struggling so ...
Hello Mr. President
... like a normal old crappy bridge, but not even a cool, rusty, falling-apart antiquey type bridge. Lol Arrived at St.Louis after crossing the Illinois-Missouri stateline – unfortunately we couldn’t get out and take piccys as we were crossing a ...
First Impressions
... the weather prior to leaving so we knew that it would be cold but it was bitter cold! Maybe the fact that St. Louis is on the Mississippi had something to do with it because it was way below 25 degrees! We were all very tired and ...
Lasting impressions
We got some sleep and woke up for breakfast. For a hefty fee, there was a breakfast buffet. It wasn't great. There were many items that Mommy and I could eat but they really weren't great. We also learned while having breakfast ...
Day 5
What a great day! We got the opportunity to go to Manchester UMC's Contemporary Service or Youth Sunday School and then we sang 2 songs for their 10:30 am service. After church we were joined by Haley Schell(last year's summer intern) and her sister ...
Departure after Bhangra Party
Plan to leave. Bhangra party is evolving!! Here is the latest trip itenerary (updated ...
Final thoughts from Dot
Lessons learned & other observations: I don't usually do the blogging on vacation because I spend the evening hours researching our next day’s itinerary. I have to write down all the available train schedules, restaurants & gelato ...
The land of Mark Twain
... we had lost the trains…our friends through so much of our travels these weeks on the road. And as we approached St. Louis the land was littered with billboards, some with ads, some pleading for ads, a mar on the landscape of this beautiful ...
I'm a mess
Ok, I'm fading as it's 2 a.m. and I'm in the back lounge, tired and cold. And again a bit pissed off. Which leads me back to the thoughts I jotted down back in St. Louie. "I am pissy, pissy, pissy. I swear I really should ...
UGH!!!!!!!
... where we decided to turn west and go through Missouri as that is about the quickest way. Made it through (the bypass around) St Louis yesterday afternoon, but around 3pm Dennis' brakes on the truck got really hot, so we had to stop. He bought new ones ...
nothing to report
I've been sat in a car, but it's Chicago tomorrow thankfully. I should give thanks too as it's thanksgiving day. I've eaten some turkey sandwiches in the day's honour (or honor, if you cun spel ...
Gateway to the West
... and cobbled streets are now a great dining and entertainment area. Our trip on the river took us under the many bridges of St Louis, which connect Illinois and Missouri, some of them are rail bridges of course, and we did see quite a few trains. Our ...
More of St Louis
... ! I was off of work the past two days, so I cruised around determined to see if I could find some areas of St Louis that I liked. Though I saw a lot of plainess and dreariness, I did find some nice pockets. The Forest Park area is nice, with museums, ...
Did the Arch
... to give up my man card:) Letting the kids who feel like blogging do so, so pardon the repitition. We arrived at St. Louis around 6:00p.m. There were lots of festivities, concession stands, and a concert going on right under the Arch. Supposedly they have ...
Day 2: I-6-4: Ashland, KY to St Louis, MO
Day 2: States Covered: Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri Mileage Covered: 475 Weather: Sunny, humid and hot Abby Meltdowns: 2 mini meltdowns, 6 minuts and 9 minutes respectively, one after 25 min wait for blast zone work on highway. Highlights: ...
Soulardi Gras
(written by Jessica) Happy Mardi Gras! We woke up, got ready, had the hotel's complimentary breakfast then planned to go to Soulard. Justin called a taxi to pick us up and as we're heading towards our ride, we see another young couple outside. Justin ...
Moving Right Along
... , and the miles we drove we added Illinois to our map. Just as we crossed over the river separating Illinois and Missouri, the St. Louis Arch came into view. Parking again was interesting, but we found a spot and it was free which was a treat. We walked ...
Blessed to Exhaustion
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~2 Corinthians 10:31 And so we do, from the moment we get up until the moment we hit the sheets, we are living all for the glory of God. Whether we ...
The plan, as it stands:
Here is the tentative schedule for my group, many of these places you will be hard-pressed to find on a map: 15 Sep- Arrival Kathgodam. Meet staff from Wildrift. Transfer to Saat Tal (Nainital) for three days of orientation and fieldwork in a ...
Not quite luxury accommodations
Grabbed a couple hours sleep in early am in the back parking lot of TA Truckstop amidst 60+ big rigs.Left in pre-dawn headed for sioux falls. It's 2pm and we are an hour out from our first planned stop at a KOA. ...
On to Mississippi
We stayed here through Wednesday and explored the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Our neighbor at lakeside RV was named LeBlanc and referred to himself as a cajun. He was cooking a huge pot of Jambalaya which he shared with us. He told us that when ...
No Mr Nice Guy
... Sunday in the city of London. I needed dinner and was delighted to see what looked like a Pantera but was labelled as the St Louis Bread Co. No matter – it was a Pantera and I was soon ladened down with soup, salad and sour dough. ...
We're Off!
... Pennsylvania we cleared the bad weather, and had clear sunny driving for the next ten hours. We made it to St. Louis just after sunset. Despite having driven for 13 hours, we were feeling enthusiastic, so we thought we'd try another two or ...
Home Sweet Home-Vacation #1
On my way home for my first "vacation". I've got about 8 days of drill to make up, so I'm thinking it won't be too vacation-like. ...