Sorry to hear of you disappointment in Jefferson City, MO. For the most part it is mostly German. The surroundings towns are also German. There is the historic downtown area to strol as well as the state capital and other places of interest. The Runge Nature Center would have been great and told you all about the habit of the area. Anna

On 2 Jul 2001, at 22:47, AKnaebel@aol.com wrote: > Sorry to hear of you disappointment in Jefferson City, MO. For the > most part it is mostly German. The surroundings towns are also > German. There is the historic downtown area to strol as well as the > state capital and other places of interest. The Runge Nature Center > would have been great and told you all about the habit of the area. It wassn't the city I was disappointed with but rather the tour. We had a brief tour of the capitol which lasted about 45 minutes with quite a bit of that just waiting for the group to gather in one spot with elevators being small and all that. Most of the time was spent in the house of rep's lounge with all the paintings. We also went to the restored house on the riverfront and saw a movie there. Then there was a trip to the Jefferson monument high up on the river bank. That plus our meal was the tour. Oh, yes, we did stop at the Runge Nature Center but there was never enough time. My granddaughter was so intent on reading the displays that she lost our group and was not to be found on the bus. I ran back and forth looking for her but couldn't find her anywhere. I then had them announ ce her name in the center and there she was wondering what all the fuss was about. If I had taken a car over there and did my own tour of the city I would have gotten much more out f the trip. Fred