We left the house at 6am. *yawn*
It was about a 5h drive to get into St. Louis. My original plan had been the Zoo all afternoon, but it was raining cats and dogs, so we went to the St. Louis Science Center instead. OOPS, forgot to take any pictures there!!! All in all, it was just O.K. We had to pay $9 for parking but the entrance is free, thankgoodness. Then we went to old Union Station. Wow! How beautiful!!! We watched a little video, very informative!! They have a museum too, which of course we walked around in :) We got to sample some fudge at the fudge store. The guy works right in front of everyone tempering the chocolate!
Our hotel was the Sheraton about 1.5mi from the Gateway Arch. If we were on the other side of the hotel we'd be able to see the arch, but we weren't... oh well. It was a fabulous room!!! I booked on hotwire so I had NO idea before we got to either hotel what they'd be like, I just knew I got GREAT prices for where we were!!! This room had 2 beds plus a pull-out sofa. You can't see in the picture, but it has a nice city view too.
The pool was HUGE for a hotel!!! At least, the hotels we've ever stayed at... It was on the 13th floor. eek! I'd be soooo afraid if I knew we were under it, but I didn't try to figure it out. I didn't want to know... LOL We were on the 8th floor.
Our original plan for dinner had been the St. Louis Gast Haus, a German place I got a certificate for on restaurant.com but it was CLOSED for Easter WEEK!!!!! gggrrrr...Their website did not mention the closing. So, we ended up at the Old Speghetti Factory. It was yummy.
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