Teabringer's Mother is staying with us this week, she arrived on Tuesday and will be going home again on Monday. Six days didn't really seem long enough, but she got over the jeg lag faster than anyone I have known (including the hardened travellers I know). We've had a busy week, and I had to pick what to do quite carefully, given the limited time. Here's what I picked (feel free to disagree to your heart's content)
Tuesday - Arrive late sans baggage. Dinner, wait for baggage which doesn't turn up, bed.
Wednesday - Baggage arrives, just before we leave. Got to the Arch, it's the city symbol and seemed appropiate for a place to start. Good stuff, despite the large amounts of small children. Shared tumble-dryer-esq pod with interesting people. Went to the Basillica, although we only spent about half an hour there as they had a service starting. We spent the afternoon at the Sculpture park. In the evening we walked down to the Loop and to Riddle's Penultimate Bar, when one can get good food and excellent local wine from the huge wine list. I pursuaded the ticket man to let us stand in the Tivoli foyer on the way home.
Thursday - Difficult choices ahead. It was due to rain, so we did indoor things. The Fox theatre in the morning for thier guided tour (wonderful, informed tour guides and the theatre organist performing and answering questions. A spectacular place, I wish I'd known about the tours sooner). Then we met Teabringer for lunch in a middle eastern resterant on Euclid by the hospitals (I don't know the name and wish I could remember it, the food was good and they had wonderful turkish sweet things). The afternoon was spent at the Art Museam, where Teabringer's Mum showed her vast knowledge of art by walking into rooms and saying "isn't this...(fill in name of artist)" While I went and read the label saying "errr...yes" and feeling alarmingly ignorant. We watched The Big Lebrowski in the evening, not one of my favourites, but a good film.
Friday - Teabringer took the day off and we went to the Zoo in the morning. Reptiles, Birds, Penguins, Bears and Butterflies. The on to Schlafly Brewery for lunch and the tour. I met the wife of one of the brewers, who is also a writer and we re-established contact and resolved to have lunch again in the near future. then we got distracted from tourism and went to Sugar Creek Nusery to look at the plants...
Saturday - We spent today in the garden putting yesterday's purchases in the ground. There is a plan for a BBQ this evening, and why not.
Tomorrow - Brunch at Brandt's before the Botanical garden and its new children's garden, then dinner out somewhere, maybe the Jade Garden or perhaps the Blue Water Grill if it's open.
Back to the airport on Monday...not enough time. Wanted to go over to the Cahokia mounds, do the History Museam, maybe see something at the Rep, go to the caves, to the big butterfly house, to the nature reserve outside the city limits, get the ferry from by Alton, visit St Charles...so much to do. Perhaps she will come back another time.
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