St. Louis

Reza's dad works in Kuwait, and his little brother and sister live in St. Louis, and last weekend Reza's dad was in St. Louis as well---so we packed up the car and went on a road trip! We left Friday night at 10 and drove to Indianapolis, where we paid 1.97 per gallon of gas, we then woke up early Saturday morning to drive the rest of the way to St. Louis just in time to watch's Ali Joseph's soccer game.

We spent Saturday afternoon down at the Gateway Arch. It really is an amazing structure. And the weather was perfect. It was like 74 degrees and sunny the entire weekend. We ate lunch at a Persian/Italian restaurant and even went to the top of the arch. I personally have been to the top of the arch before--I think I was 4 years old, and I slept the whole time. The little elevators to the top of the arch are these cool little pods that you climb in, then they crank up to the top. The top of the arch is not very big, and very crowded, but still totally worth it.

The next day we spent the morning at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, which I think are the largest such gardens in the US. It was beautiful, and the gardens were perfect. After a lunch at the garden cafe we headed home. All in all it was a great, albeit quick, trip.