St. Louis, across the way

We spent the weekend in St. Louis.  Well, the day really, as we basically drove for an afternoon to get there and most of today to get back.  It's a sweet city and it was especially lovely to be a tourist in a city with a car where parking wasn't too pricey and there was plenty to see.  Normally we're on foot and exhausted by the end of any day.  We went to the zoo, up the famous gateway arch, to the old union station, and to a street we might compare to Parnell or Ponsonby in Auckland, or Kirkwood here in Indiana.  You know the type of street with lots of people wandering through the nice restaurants and shops.  We had dinner at an all-American bar called Blueberry Hill, famous for it's collectible paraphernalia.   I had an Aussie burger with tater tots which were delicious.  We then went to a movie in a cute little movie theatre which was American enough that we bought our tickets out on the street.  The movie was The Intouchables.  It's such a lovely movie, a real must-see.