We drove to St Louis, about an hour each way to see the sights. Beautiful day.
the arch, the skyline from the arch. the central building is the old courthouse. Many slaves were freed here. The court house is now a national park.
the Occupy St Louis people
the fountain is red since the St Louis Cardinals won the world series last night and us at the fountain.
inside the court house dome, the arch and John from the court house steps
a monster from the wax museum, the Catholic Basilica of St Louis.
Inside is covered with 83,000 of mosaics Made of glass tessare . It is stunning.
detail of the mosaics, the west transept and a stained glass window
the back of the church. It has a huge blue rose stained glass window, a ceiling and archs and the Narthex, this is a blown up shot of the rose window. Not the best resolution, but you get the idea.
Last but not least is me at the wax museum with Captain Jack Sparrow
We had lunch at a brew pub and had dinner at a restaurant that John found on the internet, called Sweetie Pie, it was a black restaurant in a very black neighborhood. It was very colorful and interesting, but the food was so so. We also looked for the Bowling Hall of fame, but John’s GPS chip was old and the museum has moved to Texas. Boo.
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