Day 3

Today Dwayne had to go to church at 11 a.m. so it was a lazy day until about 1:30. At that time Dwayne came back and we decided to go downtown again to take some pictures. We took the Metro to Union Station again and looked at this building a little closer. Then we went outside and saw the castle-like tower and the hotel attached to the north side of the station.

We walked along a park called the Memorial Plaza, a strip that extends toward the Mississippi and the Arch. There were large fountains and the park eventually led us to the Old Courthouse. It was very hot and humid so we stopped to get something to drink then continued walking toward the water. Saw all these Delta Sigma Theta girls in town for a convention, all wearing white and traveling in groups of three or four.

We made it down to the water and rested for a bit by the Mississippi. Walked up the long stairs to the Arch and walked around the park a bit. Andy and Dwayne were interested in seeing the World Cup Finals so we went to a sports bar where they had a large crowd of various ethnicities watching the game on hundreds of TVs. We sat and watched for a while then decided to eat dinner at the restaurant next door. We watched the end of the game (Brazil won in a shoot-off after a 30 minute overtime) and a little of the Tour de France (I forgot how much Dwayne likes biking).

We finally went home via the train and Dwayne went out to get a paper and a movie while we hung out talking to his roommate John Tan. Dwayne came back with the Pelican Brief and we watched that then went to bed.