Eunice and I took a few days to check out St. Paul, Minnesota, or as it's now named, St. Peck, Hennesota. Having napped on Air Tran, we missed getting the snacks so we waited until lunchtime to gobble some food. Ha, Ha. There was this great Japanese restaurant called Saji-Ya on the trendy area of Grand Avenue. We even introduced ourselves to the owner.
As we wanted to see more of Grand Avenue, I decided that we should save dessert for a place called Grand Ole Creamery. Great ice cream and old time atmosphere.
Summit Avenue is another trendy area with really expensive homes. No one would let us in to visit so we took a tour of the James J. Hill House. The Hennesota History Center was having an exhibit are the year 1968 and were able to get in there. Great exhibit!
Time to check into our hotel as we were staying at the St. Paul Hotel...we'll leave the name. As a joke we decided to look to see if there were any bed bugs....ha, ha.
They have these sculptures just outside of Peanuts characters. It seems that Charles M. Schulz was born here.
Dinner was at a place called Moscow On The Hill...obviously Russian food. Delicious!
The next morning, Eunice and I went across the street to the Landmark Center to visit a Woodturning studio. Lots of things made by wood artists.
Back to Grand Avenue for lunch at The Lexington Restaurant. Old place, good food.
A tour of Wabasha Street Caves was next. The caves are supposed to be haunted, but we didn't care.
Time to check into another hotel. This time it was the Covington Inn, a former boat. We had a deluxe suite on the second level. The inn sits on the river but is stable.
Tomorrow we are off to Henneapolis!
