this is the Soulard district in st. Louis Missouri one of the oldest neighborhoods
in the city rich in cultural heritage beginning with a marketplace that dates
back to the 1790s that is still standing today welcome back
Stephanie and I decided to go to st. Louis this week for our kind of vacation
time just to get away from things and we got to see a lot of the city that that
soulard neighborhood was so amazing it's it it was just really refreshing it has
so much character and it has a completely different vibe than other
cities like Kansas City that I've been in and we had a great time even though
it's a really old neighborhood it's not rundown it's been really well kept the
thing that jumped out at me the most was just how much brick there is there I've
never seen so much red brick in my whole life the houses are brick the businesses
are brick the sidewalks are break it is literally brick city we did also do the
stuff you know that you're supposed to do in st. Louis like we went to the arch
which I love architecture so that was a lot of fun for me and it was a great
learning experience too they have a museum downstairs that's definitely
worth spending the time to see the view from the top of the gateway arch is incredible
of course you can see the river on one side and the Capitol building on the
other and if you look down here all of those little tiny ants those are people
it's high up we got to see City Museum which if you're not familiar with that
is it is a museum but it's like a living work of art it's a massive building at
least ten stories more than that I'm sure and the entire thing is made from
reclaimed materials from the city hundred-year-old buildings and things
like that and whoever whoever designed the exhibits in there did an incredible
job I don't want to spoil too much of for you but there's so much there I
don't know how you could amazing that the way they incorporated the heart of
the city into an interactive adult and kid museum that you can climb on and
jump through and you can spend all day there and probably never see it all and
of course if you're in st. Louis you might as well go to the zoo right it was
there that I met the happiest little bear I've ever seen in my life
watching him jump up and down and splash in the water with his nose inches away
from this glass the only thing separating him and all the school kids
is that two-inch thick glass barrier and I'm not sure who's more excited the kids
are there while we were there we stayed at an air B&B in the soulard
neighborhood and Wow it it really gave us the opportunity to kind of feel what
it's like to actually be in that city kind of like to live in it you know to
be able to walk out your front door and see all of this stuff and go get coffee
right next door and right up the road any kind of food you want Mexican food
barbecue it was really a neat experience one of my favorite things was actually I
got to ride one of the lime scooters and we don't have those around here there's
none of that even close to me and I just love electric toys and things like that
gas-powered electric powered whatever I'm totally into it and so being able to
get on that you know just walk outside and grab one and I mean they hit like 18
miles an hour so you could see a ton of the city all at once now I know that
there's always a downside to things and that you know with Airbnb its it can
create housing shortages and with scooters it can create clutter and with
zoos it's you know animals and cages but I to be completely honest I am I think
that those things do so much more good in the world than what they do harm and
you know maybe I would feel differently if I lived elsewhere or something but I
thought it was fantastic and I highly recommend all of those
something else I highly recommend if you're in the st. Louis area is Park
Avenue coffee Wow we Stephanie and I are both total coffee lovers and we like to
try as many as we can and we tried some you know that word they were okay but a
high fever --it being from that place that we tried is actually a decaf coffee
but I know I know just listen trust me I like to have
decaf coffee at night for dessert and things like that you know we don't drink
it to the caffeine and it's so hard to find good decaf coffee and the o-h it
was amazing I'm telling you it was the Colombian decaf blend that they had
there is better than the non decaf it's like they roast it differently like it's
a little bit darker roast and you would never ever know that it is a decaf
it is the only cup of decaf coffee I ever had that rivals Dutch brothers
if Dutch brothers if you don't know started in Oregon in Grants Pass you can
only order the bags off the internet or go to Grants Pass even though they have
a million locations and it is a life-changing event to have their coffee
but this right here aspect specifically that decaf rivals that and they go my
gosh it is just so rich and roasty we did
also try Italian on the hill which is another neighborhood there and
surprisingly it lived up to the hype I didn't need a bad meal while I was
there but that really stood out the barbecue yeah we should have picked a
different McHugh plates but other than that it was all pretty outstanding but
enough about that I just wanted to let you know of it you know I'm back
not quite quite ready to charge into more videos other than this obviously
just yet but I'm getting close I gotta catch up on some other stuff from you
know just just get out of the weeds from everything that was going on with my
face and I want to say guys i-i've seen all
of the comments on my other video when I was updating you about the situation
with mom and everything and I really appreciate it you know the you just
knowing that people care and you know that they're praying for us and things
like that it's it's it's refreshing I'm overwhelmed by the response and thank
you very much for that also super thanks to you guys who have been reviewing my
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mention it before just because I haven't had a chance but thank you for doing
that those of you that have been getting on my website and on eBay and doing the
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the clutter cleared from my shop and hopefully within the next couple of
weeks start really hammering out some videos so looking forward to that thanks
for watching good luck
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