November 8-10, 2019A one-way flight from Medellín to Chicago...




Gateway Arch


Gateway Arch


View from Gateway Arch


Imo's Pizza


Citygarden


Frozen custard


City Museum


Blueberry Hill


Blueberry Hill

November 8-10, 2019

A one-way flight from Medellín to Chicago was $356.75 on Spirit Airlines. Chicago is an awesome city that I’ve chosen to move to, in part because of its close proximity to other fun cities. It was my first time visiting St. Louis and the 4-½ hour drive was even easier than I thought it was going to be.

Here are a list of some things I really like in the Gateway to the West:

  • The Gateway Arch! Previously, I never knew that you could go up it! It’s pretty dang neat. Even if you don’t want to go up, the park there is pretty neat with the opportunity to look up at the arch.
  • Within walking distance of the Arch park is Citygarden (small park with big sculptures) and Imo’s pizza (which is St. Louis style pizza, which tastes a lot like frozen pizza…).
  • St Louis Public Library (Central) has some pretty architecture and small exhibits I liked looking at.
  • The City Museum is repurposed architectural and industrial objects that you can climb on and around, housed in the former International Shoe building. It’s hours of climbing and crawling while you stare at the wonder of these great objects with so much history.
  • Blueberry Hill has so much fun memorabilia. If there’s music while you’re there, and you’re into small concerts solo, go check it out!
  • Depending on the weather, Forest Park is huge if you want to go for a long walk.
  • I didn’t get to try them all, but Bogart’s Smokehouse, Pappy’s Smokehouse, Salt + Smoke, and Sugarfire Smoke House have very yummy meats.
  • Tivoli Theatre and the Fabulous Fox looked like fun, small theaters to watch movies in.

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Hi, I'm Stacy. I'm from Portland, Oregon, USA, and am currently living in Busan, South Korea. Check me out on: Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Lastfm, and Flickr.