Day Two

Downtown St. Louis in October, 2013

２０１３年１０月セントルイスのダウンタウンにて。

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One foot of the Gateway Arch, downtown St. Louis. The top of the arch shines, notwithstanding the cloudy sky.

The Gateway Arch, looked up from the riverside of the Mississippi. A small tram runs inside of the arch and takes us to its top!

The Old Court House, looked from the Gateway Arch.

The court house is cared by the federal park rangers, who were put on leave due to the partial governmental shutdown. So we could not go into the building.

Just across from the Old Court House is a park named Eternal Flame Park. In its center is a fountain with a runner statue and the water dyed in pink.

A trolley service is available downtown St. Louis. The fare is just $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children. it comes every 10 to 20 minutes.

We dropped in a starbucks in Hyatt Regency right next to the Old Court House. The street view through windows of the coffee house is superb.

Metrolink Arch Lacledes Station on the Eads Bridge. Metrolink is a city train service in St. Louis. It connects major areas of St. Louis. Arch Lacledes Station is located on the northern end of the Gateway Park.

When you walk down the street by Metrolink Arch Lacledes Station, you reach the Lacledes Landing, which used to be a very busy port for steamboats. On the heydays tens of steamboats were anchored on this port for loading and unloading all kinds of merchandise. The statue of two men and a dog commemorate Lewis and Clark, who explored the Wild West along the Missouri River. They turned out to be the first men to reach the Pacific Ocean.

The hook on the near side of the photo is a remnant of the old port, on which boats were held. Notice that the shore is paved with red bricks.

Again, the paved shore. Look how vast it is.

A Metrolink train is going through the Eads Bridge. The far side of the river is East St. Louis, which belongs to Illinois, not Missouri.

The view of the Gateway Arch seen from the Lacledes Landing.

A boat is cruising up the Mississippi River to give tourists the firsthand view of the river. The Mississippi was, is, and will continue to be a symbol of America's spirit of exploration.

Lacledes Landing is a place for eating and drinking, too. We ate lunch at Hennegan's Restaurant and Pub. Tripadvisor gives this restaurant three stars out of five. Some people make negative comments on it. The thing is, the food was not so bad to me. I ordered a Poboy sandwich, which came with fried shrimps with hot sauce and french fries. It tasted above average.
[Note] Poboy is a sandwich that was originally served in New Orleans. There are tons of shrimp boats in the Southern Lousiana, so shrimps are a very common ingredient for cooking there.

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