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We arrived in Kansas City by Amtrak train which was a lot better than the Greyhound bus. We had reclining seats and a lot of leg room.
As we were going to the Worlds of Fun theme park we decided to stay close to it. However, this was a mistake as we were too far away from downtown and taxis were costing at least 15 pounds each way so we spent two days at Worlds of Fun (which we walked to). It was a really cool park and had rides equivilant too Nemisis, The Big One (Blackpool) etc etc.
To avoid the massive taxi charges we decided to hire a car for a day. We asked for the cheapest but they only had "intermediate" cars - ours was amazing! It was a Pontiac G5 2007 and had all the lastest electrical gismos and was not far off Kit from Knightrider! We used the car to go to the Jazz Musuem. Its a museum by day and a jazz club by night. We saw a group called Metafour - they were a four piece band and were plugging their CD all night! We went to the museum part as well and it was informative about early jazz etc. We also went to the Truman museum and library (the former US President who was in office during WW2). It was very informative and told a lot of the decisions the President had to make in his two terms. There was real artifacts from the time.
Whilst waiting for our train to our next destination we went to the Crown Plaza which was full of shops and resturants. We ate at the best resturant in there. It was train themed and a train dropped off the food at your table. You had to phone your order through to the kitchen from your table - everyone could hear what you were ordering and everyone was amazed when the train whislted and then came and delivered the food.
We got a little bored waiting for our train and so after playing many card games we went into one of the resturants in Union Station and had a drink each and shared a banana split. When it came to pay the waitress told us it had been paid for! She said she didnt know who it was, just someone with a kind heart. I (Andy) got a little freaked out and starting checking our bags to make sure no-one had taken or planted anything! I (Grace) was quite happy to believe it was a kind hearted person who felt sorry for us!
A problem downloading the pictures here and so it might be a few days before they are up.
Speak soon. xxxxx
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