Friday, May 27, 2016

Cross-country trip DAY 10: Denver, CO

I once again decided to use Gray Line Tours and take a Denver Mountain Parks with Optional Denver City Tour. I wanted to do both. The first part was quite interesting, but the second part was just alright. I guess I am not that much into the city life after all...

I arrived at Cherry Creek Shopping Center where our tour was meeting at 8 AM and, of course, was the first one. In order to remember where I parked, I just had to take a picture of the parking spot, or another car parked near my parking spot:



On the other hand, I familiarized myself with multiple shops that were conveniently closed so that I would not spend any money, and the restroom area that I would use quite often.

The first part of the tour featured the Red Rock Amphitheater:





The drive to other mountain parks that are abundant in Denver (in fact, just as the Minnesota guide, the Denver one claims they have the most parks in their city - gotta check this out :/).




Look at the beautiful Continental Divide in the back!

On the second part of the tour, Denver Highlights, I saw a bit more of the city architecture and design and learned about history (which I have already forgot for the most part, you know those blondes...)

Here is an interesting point, a Chinese time clock that shows the exact time, really amazing:



And here is Molly Brown's house, the survivor of Titanic who got rich and famous:



Another interesting site that I probably would never visit without a tour is a Capitol:










The tour comes to a conclusion at some sort of stadium that I could careless about:






After the tour I find my car (since I took my picture of the parking lot, of course) and head to a well-reviewed on Yelp ethiopian restaurant nearby my AirBnb, Queen of Sheba. The service is fabulous, and food appears a bit too spicy to my taste, but it is homemade, so I am happy!



Tired and a bit sniffy, I head to my AirBnb and go to bed early :) Yes, I can do anything I want, I am on vacation!

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