Day 8

A delicious breakfast of assorted bread, cheeses, and spreads began our day. Alex's brother Matt gave us a proper tour around the St. Louis metropolis. We saw the vast grounds of Forest Park, the Washington University Campus, the downtown loop, of course the arch, and the French district. St. Louis is definitely a prospering city with much new construction along with many great universities and buildings that respect the city's rich history while forging a bright future for the community.
The historic facade of City Hall, and impressive brick and stone castle-like structure.

A shot of a pretty dreamy handrail beneath the shadow of the arch. Down-flat-down-flat-down c-bar. (There's one on each side for FS and BS.)
We watched a helicopter take off with tourists wanting an up-close and personal view of the arch and city.

The wildly famous Gateway Arch.

Alex and I stopped by the City Museum which featured the work of many new artists that built a pretty unique landscape out of urban salvage. Creative recycling. We did not feel like paying $12 to go inside so we just watched form the outside.

After our short visit at the museum we decided to salvage some stuff of our own at an enormous Goodwill Store. We picked up a matching pair of scene pastel yellow hats and I picked up a pair of CitiMortgage sunglasses. Epic finds (pictures soon to come)!


Oh yeah, and fashion superstar Diane Katzman is finally releasing her new jewelery collection at Goodwill. I couldn't wait for her line to drop. All the women in my life should expect this gaudy stuff for atleast the nect few holidays.

We met up again with our host family to enjoy dinner at William Shakespeare's Pub. It was a great meal with mediocre service, but I'm not complaining one bit.