Don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there...

and let me tell you, from this past week's experience, the light was only shining there as it poured everywhere else! Spring break 2010 consisted of a lot of driving. A lot! But there is a ray of sunshine in the darkness that is driving through 12+ hours of straight rain- all the different places. The spring break route looked a bit like this: Auburn, Birmingham, Nashville, Charleston, Champagne, Charleston, St. Louis, Charleston, Nashville, Birmingham, Auburn. Whew!

We were mainly making the trip to visit daddy who has already made the move to Charleston. We got to explore the town and visit our new house; I was even able to take a tour of the EIU business school and meet with the faculty there. They seem great and made me feel a lot better about my decision to transfer.

After spending a few days in our new town, we decided to take a trip to St. Louis! We visited the gorgeous Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, which, according to wikipedia, contains 41.5 million glass tesserae pieces in more than 7,000 colors (covering 83,000 square feet, it is one of the largest mosaic collections in the world), before making our way to the Gateway Arch. After exploring the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, we made our way to the Hill to enjoy some delicious Italian food for lunch before taking a tour of the Anheuser-Busch brewery (and seeing the Clydesdales!). The next day we, along with what seemed to be all of St. Louis, drove to Forest Park to visit the zoo where every animal seemed to out with their baby! All too soon, it was time to leave daddy, drive back, and face school once more.

...Meet me in St. Louis!