Woke up to another windy morning in Chicago, picked up a cup of Intelligentsia coffee, two BECs, and hopped on I-55 south towards St Louis. A few miles into our drive we came across a wind farm owned by Iberdrola. We got off the interstate and drove up next to one of these power monsters, these things are huge. We didn't stop again until we reached the Gateway to the West! It is pretty impressive to drive over the MLKing Bridge and see a massive metal arch next to the Mississippi river. We found an Americas Best Inn (can't go wrong for $60 a night) and then had a photo session at the arch. We had dinner at some BBQ restaurant which was alright, the beer was definitely better than the food. In fact, after chatting with some locals we found out St Louis isn't really that famous for their BBQ, Toasted Raviolis is what they're famous for but at that point we couldn't eat anything else.
Next morning, we woke up early and spent almost 3 hours at City Museum - probably the most amazing and fun museum we've ever been to, ever. "Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects."
We looked like we were 10 again, throwing ourselves down the slides, climbing and crawling everywhere. This place will make you wish you were 10 so you can keep up without getting tired.

Small city, more than 2 nights and you'll be bored, but the City Museum alone is worth it!

Top 5 of St Louis:
#1 City Museum!
#2 City Museum!
#3 The Arch
#4 Molly's bar in Soulard
#5 O'Fallon Wheach and Schlafly APA (two local beers)

Nos despertamos con otra mañana ventosa en Chicago, compramos dos cafes en Intelligentsia, dos BEC's (bacon/egg/cheese), y nos montamos a la ruta I-55 sur camino a St Louis. Luego de un par de horas en la ruta nos encontramos con un campo de energía eólica de Iberdrola. Nos salimos de la ruta y manejamos hasta estar al lado de uno de estos monstruos eólicos, son inmensos. Seguimos haciendo ruta hasta llegar a "La entrada al Oeste" St Louis. Es bastante impresionante cruzar el puente MLKing y ver un arco de metal masivo al lado del rio Mississippi. Encontramos otro Americas' Best hotel (no le podes errar por $60 la noche) y después sacamos un monton de fotos en el arco. Cenamos en un restaurante de BBQ que estuvo mas o menos, las cervezas estuvieron mejor que la comida. Es mas, despues de charlar con gente de ahí nos enteramos que St Louis no es famosa por la comida BBQ, si no que son famosos por los ravioles tostados. A esa altura ya estábamos re llenos.
Al otro dia nos levantamos temprano y estuvimos casi 3 horas en el "City Museum" - probablemente el museo mas impresionante y divertido que vi en mi vida.
Pareciamos niños de 10 anos, tirándonos por toboganes y trepando por todos lados. Este lugar te hace desear ser mas joven para poder resistir y no cansarte!

Ciudad pequeña, mas de dos noches y te aburris, pero solo el City Museum hace que valga la pena.

El top 5 en St Louis:
#1 City Museum!
#2 City Museum!
#3 El Arco
#4 Molly's bar en Soulard
#5 O'Fallon Wheach and Schlafly APA (2 cervezas de St Louis)