Monday, May 3, 2010

Learn About St Louis & Landmarks and Public Transportation System

Do you want to visit or live in a magnificent city that has awesome tourist attractions and places to visit? If so, come to my home town of St. Louis, Missouri. You will learn the great landmarks St. Louis has to offer and how to get around the city.

St. Louis is known as the Gateway to the West. It is well known and it is recognized as a major part of the Midwest.

Do you love animals and zoos? If you do, you will love the St. Louis Zoo at Forest Park, a huge and beautiful park. It is free, it provides ample parking and it provides signs at each exhibit describing the animals, how the animals are raised and what the zoo is doing to help the animals stay in existence. This zoo is open daily until seven o'clock central time in the evenings from Memorial Day until Labor Day and it is open until five-thirty daily the rest of the year. The animals include bears, zebras, crocodiles, elephants, seals, camels, giraffes and antelope.

Are you a wild cat lover like me? If you are, be sure to visit Big Cat Country at the zoo. It includes tigers, lions, pumas, cheetahs and jaguars.

Big Cat Country is not the only special feature at the St. Louis Zoo. If you like monkeys and apes, you will enjoy the primate house. If you want to see snakes and other reptiles, stop by the Herpetarium. If you have a love for birds, visit the birdhouse.

Forest Park has been around since the late 1800's and it held the World's Fair in 1904 where ice cream was introduced. This great landmark also includes the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis History Museum and St. Louis Science Center. The art museum features plenty of excellent paintings. The history museum features historic exhibits and describes the history of people and events that have been in St. Louis. The science center features marvelous scientific exhibits as well as the Planetarium.

If you share my love for baseball, go see the St. Louis Cardinals play at Busch Stadium. You can see the St. Louis Blues play hockey at Savvis Center and you can see the St. Louis Rams play football at Edward Jones Dome.

St. Louis' signature landmark is the Gateway Arch. It is actually a public building that is 630 feet tall and has an elevator that will take you all the way to the top. Our airport is called Lambert Field and it has many major airlines including Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, Delta and TWA.

We will conclude by discussing how to get around St. Louis by bus or commuter train. Metro provides a bus service and its train system is called Metrolink. Before boarding the train, pay up at the ticket machine located on or near the train platform if you do not already have a valid pass in your possession. On the train, you will see a map that lets you know where you are going and the conductor announces each stop. When your stop is announced, exit the train.

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