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Day 1
So after leaving a little later than we thought, Francis, Liz, Ryan and I were on our roadtrip to St. Louis. We were only going to be gone for a few days, but Ryan came prepared so we wouldn't be disconnected from the world.
And just to be on the safe side, we brought a laptop from school. So now half of Francis' trunk was occupied and we shoved and pushed our bags until the door closed. Our real savior was not the pc though, but the GPS (also brought by Ryan, lol). If it wasn't for it we would probably still be driving around in circles in the Chouteux detour.
I have no idea what exactly happened here, but whatever it was, it caused a hell of alot of traffic.
We had some trouble with the GPS. I don't remember where, but it ended up leading us to Mexico.
So we get back on route and end up arriving at our hotel. The place looked... interesting and we soon found out why: it used to be a hospital, so all the big doors, lobbies and strange restrooms didn't look out of place anymore. The best thing about the room though, is that it had an ethernet jack on a lamp... needless to say, since we are all nerds, we hailed it as the best thing since sliced bread.
After unpacking and connecting the pc to the internet via a lamp, we went back down to familiarize ourselves with St. Louis.
... Maybe I should photoshop a halo to complete the picture
TGI Friday;s, w00t
We ended up going back to the hotel at like 2am and didn't go to sleep till 3... actually, Ryan did go to sleep as soon as we got back... what a bad idea that was... lol! I suddenly wake up at 4:30am and hear Ryan... sleeping.. yeah, thats it. Francis is next to him trying to set up the alarm clock and then all of the sudden Liz jumps up screaming "water! water!" "The hell?" I say, and start laughing. Liz, still asleep yells at me "ssh!! stop laughing." wtf? lol! talking in her sleep.
Day 2
So anways, now it was time to actually do what we came to do at St. Louis. We first visited Washington University, which rocked by the way.
it was a little bit chilly in the morning
yup, thats how you can tell you are at a university bookstore.
for Joel, lol.
crap, I moved the camera. Anyways, that is THE Jane Austen action figure
No idea what it is, but it looked kinda cool, specially with the lighting effects.
So now we were on our way to St. Louis University. When we walked through the main etrance it wasn't what we were expecting...
lol, thats great. Here is the real thing:
ha, here is me messing around with lighting
So then we headed for the arch, the massive gate that welcomes you to the midwest
cool exhibits in the arch's inner lobby. Then we went back out and just walked around looking for a place to eat.
you are in true downtown when you steam flows out of a manhole.
So then Liz wanted to go eat at hooters (lol, jk), and we did. "Anything else?" our waitress asked as we finished our meal. Hell yeah, I thought. So I asked her if we could take a picture.
After dinner we went to Six Flags
Day 3
Once again we went to sleep at 2 or 3 in the morning, only to wake up at 7. We were all getting ready while Liz was still procrastinating.
and here is Metcalf giving thumbs up as we leave St. Louis
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