I didn't know what to expect when I visited St. Louis, Missouri. My best friend of over 12 years wanted to visited an area we both didn't see before. We have visited majority of the East Coast on our own and most of the Google plane prices were a little over $300 for a weekend. We wanted something cheap and fairly new, and so we found MO for our weekend vacation.

St. Louis was beautiful and quiet for majority of the city. But most of the hustle was at the baseball stadium with the Cardinals vs. Cubs. Sadly, we were never baseball fans - and didn't have tickets either. But, we did find the fountain to be oddly bright orange, which signifies Cardinal's color.

Sad day for the ⚾️ Cardinals, but the scenery was pretty dope. St. Louis, MO 📍#baseball #cubs #stlouis

What we didn't expect is how extremely nice everyone was to us. My friend always compared themto people of DC, who were more unspoken. We got into the Botanical Gardens for free because I caught an elderly's hat flying off her head due to the wind. It was nice she bought us tickets.

Hi, my name is Goose and I will be your Airbnb host. I'll lay right here for a second. 🐈🐈 St. Louis, MO #stlouis #cat

日本庭園 Missouri Botanical Gardens 🎏🍂🌳 #path #travel #stlouis

🎏🍂 Missouri Botanical Gardens #koi #stlouis #fish

Sonya PaclobOctober 16, 2015Comment

Running in Europe & My Mom

The only way to enjoy vacation with my mom is to travel with her church company. Last year, we went to Italy and it was a small group of about 25. This year, it was about 58 in total. It was a big group and traveling with that many people can be quite a challenge. I had to get away for a little and the only way I can do so is running. Almost everyday for 14 days, I woke up in a new location and jogged around the block. Yes, I admit it was scary, but I knew I would never run the streets ever again. I was motivated to get up and move. I did get in trouble from my my mom, but hey - that's my mom.