We're in St. Louis (aka "Saint Louie")
We ate Thanksgiving dinner with my mother on Wednesday night and with my father on Thursday at noon. Then we headed north to St. Louis, Missouri. Until we got close to the city, we said that it felt like the Apocalypse. There was nobody driving on the roads. It was really strange.
Click here for the updated map of Jule's Adventures.
Our total trip from Sherwood to St. Louis has been 600 km, to give you a frame of reference.
St. Louis was bustling with people, although admittedly less people than normal. St. Louis generally has horrible traffic jams... I remember it was called "stau" in Germany. But luckily last night the only people on the roads were those preparing for shopping. That included probably half of St. Louis population. Every woman!
We ate dinner and then drove around a bit so Jule could see the chaos that was about to take place at the stores that were set to open at crazy hours. If the stores aren't open, people make a line outside. We saw on the news some guy yelling "If you don't stop pushing me, then I'm going to stab you." Absolutely crazy.
Jule went inside Wal-Mart to buy one thing at 11 p.m. THAT was a bad decision. While she got to see the insanity, it took 45 minutes to get one item and get through the line. She said that one line stretched to the back of the store. And if you ever go to Wal-Mart, you'll know that's pretty far!
Today (Friday) we're going to take a ride to the top of the Arch, visit Union Station and go to the Science Center.
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