Our morning began with an early drive through Forest Park in St. Louis (MO), the location of the 1904 World's Fair. This 1300-acre park has many of the original structures from the World's Fair as well as 3o miles of trails and paths, 47,000 trees and is home to five major cultural institutions, including the Saint Louis Zoo. We could have wandered around here all day. This park is bigger than Central Park! Here are some of the sights.
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| The Bandstand in Pagoda Circle |
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| Hollyhocks |
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| Hello Sunflower! |
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| More sunflowers popping up. |
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| Morning fisher. |
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| Looking for breakfast. |
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Serene canals wind their way to the lake.
In Springfield Missouri, who knew one could find a fabulous Peruvian restaurant! Despite our claims that we wouldn’t eat much at 11 in the morning, we dined quite sumptuously at Cafe Cusco. Ceviche Miami for a starter followed by vegan portobello tacos, chips and salsa, mushroom saltado and maxamorra morada for dessert. All washed down with iced yerba mate. The dessert was a warm tropical fruit pudding made from sweet Andean purple corn with cinnamon, clove and anise.
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Cafe Cusco was surrounded by unique shops and street art in this historic district called C-Street. What was a deteriorating commercial street has been revitalized in the past 10 years into a thriving destination.
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| Pride is on display in the Midwest |
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| Alice in Wonderland scene in this antique shop window. 4U Becca and Dillon |
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| Pedalers Bicycle Museum |
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| Vintage phones |
2 comments:
Kinda looks like Athens
Yes! Same kind of vibe and then trees lining the street were gingko-just like in Athens Georgia.
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