Key Word is Free

With my limited stay in the cities that I visit, I often have some hard choices to make on how to spend my limited time. This past week proved to be such an occasion. My third day had me in St. Louis Missouri. With an excellent hotel location just across the street from Jefferson Park, home of the famous Gateway Arch and just two city blocks from Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals and just a five minute cab ride from the Anheuser-Bush Headquarters home of Budweiser. I was being pulled in all directions with not enough time to visit all three locations. Here is how I broke it down. The Cardinals were playing at home against the Florida Marlins I could see the stands filled with fans and could practically smell the hotdogs from my 4th floor room. From that same vantage point I could also see the Arch across the street in the park. I have seen this landmark on many occasions from my office window as I descend into the city, but never up close. The Anheuser-Bush facility offers free tours and FREE samples of its products. The choice was really not hard after all. I like baseball and hotdogs but not six dollar beers. Anheuser was giving away free tours and free beer. And since the Arch was so close I just had to go and touch it. This is some of what I saw, enjoy.