Showing posts with label Roadtrip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roadtrip. Show all posts

Sunday, October 19, 2008

St. Louis


I guess I havent been updating in a long long time!

Here are photos of a roadtrip we made to St. Louis, Missouri. There was nothing spectacular there. The midwestern area is really quite boring. However, we all came back with special memories of unforgettable company and thus I guess that's all that matters. =)


Driving over a bridge, above the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River!
I was quite excited about seeing this river. Not quite what I had imagined it to be like though.

This is where we had our lunch.
The two boys

and us.

First stop of the day: Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

There were pretty horses that looked dressed for christmas, for reasons nobody knows. The horses just stand in one position 24/7. Must be a pretty boring life.

We joined the brewery tour, where we learned how to brew wine!
Zong posing in front of a mash tank.

After the tour, there was a free flow of beer and pretzels.
After all this time in America, I still hate beer. Oh well.

Next stop: Gateway Arch!

This is all of us.
From left: Shaochun, me, Zong, Awyong, Huiling

Last desperate stop in St. Louis. A baseball stadium.

This is at an outlet mall, Tuscola. Huiling bought this luggage bag, where we stuffed all our purchases in. We must have looked like mad people, dragging this all over the place.

We rearranged the boys' closet for them while they were returning the car.
Very neat, no?

On a side note, Zong won an award for having the cleanest room in Sherman Hall. Wow!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Arthur, Illinois


A visit to the Amish Country.

Most popular car model among the Amish: Stallion.


Do you think the sky is pretty? Cloud count: 0.00.
The Amish are a group of extremist Christians. And I really mean EXTREME.
Go Wiki them!

This is not a toy! It is a fully functioning telephone!

Angel Cake. It looks suspiciously like a sponge cake. Wait, it IS a sponge cake. It's named Angel Cake because they jacked the price up all the way to heaven. $7USD for white pandan cake.

Whoops! I didn't manage to snap any photos of the Amish! Anyway, they weren't free to entertain us. We went on a saturday afternoon. They were busy preparing their houses for church on sunday. The Amish take turns to hold services in homes. The church a few pictures up is for people who are not Amish but stay among the Amish (probably to make money from the tourists). Go Wiki them (again)!

I read this in a book in Borders: "Our children know nothing except to go to church."