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Destination Unknown: Part 10

Garden of the Gods. After spending the night sleeping on a leather bench at the Denver Airport we took the train downtown. The train was expensive! Fortunately we always buy tickets as this time there was a ticket inspector on board. In Denver we went to Starbucks and Whole Foods to buy breakfast. The area in Denver surrounding the train station is very reminiscent of Helsinki in our opinion. We took the Bustang bus to Colorado Springs. We like taking the bus so we can do some sightseeing. We try not to let our previous bad experiences deter us from taking the bus. Mjau, we are mainly referring to our Greyhound bus trip from Tampa to Sarasota. The bus smelled like the metro in Los Angeles. The experienced traveler will know exactly which smell we are referring to!  We arrived in Colorado Springs on time. We were a bit uncomfortable due to a lady having a violent and passionate argument with a tree, so our butler hurriedly walked away from the bus station and towards our accommodati...

Destination Unknown: Part 9

We were unfortunate kittens again and our plane was delayed once more due to the weather. We had to wait several hours for our flight to Charlotte were we would connect to St Louis. We arrived at St Louis several hours after originally planned as they had to switch us to a later flight. Mjau we just barely made it to the last train for the night thanks to our pilots making up for lost time en route. We were a bit peeved that we missed several hours as we had booked a hotel in St Louis and now missed out on half a day in St Louis. Similar to Charleston we heard about the crime statistics in St Louis. We arrived in downtown St Louis around midnight and the streets were basically empty. We did not feel unsafe in the slightest. We checked into our hotel The Missouri Athletic Club. A very nice hotel. We really enjoyed the decor inside the hotel. Our room at The Missouri Athletic Club. In the morning we walked around the area and bought tickets for The Arch. We then went to Schnucks Downtown...