Trip to the Iowa State Capitol

Today my host family took us on a trip to the capitol of Iowa "Des Moines". We started at about 9:15am at St.Ansgar High School. Our trip took us about two hours but I must admit it felt way longer than that. When we arrived in Des Moines our first stop was at "Zombie Burger" a burger restaurant downtown that has a variation of weird burgers. You can get yourself a burger with a maccaroni and cheese patty instead of bread- weird, I know?! After our lunch we headed to a store called "The greatest store in the universe/RAYGUN" it's a shop where you can buy different souvenirs that are related to Iowa and Des Moins, you can also get funny meme stickers. By 1:00pm we headed to the Iowa State Capitol where we were met by our tour guide. He showed us around for the next two hours and told us interesting facts about the architecture of the State Capitol. The most interesting parts of our tour with him probably were the "whispering gallery" in the dome of the capitol and the old library. After the tour we had some time to explore on our own before we met with a friend of my host family that works at the Iowa State Capitol. She gave us access to the very top of the State Capitol where we had an amazing view of Des Moins. The way up was really exhausting because of the heat and the hundreds of stairs but the view was worth it!

Then we had the luck to meet the Lieutenant Govenor of Iowa Adam Gregg! He was really welcoming and friendly, he told us how his interest in politics started and we got to ask him questions. In the end we took a group picture with him.

By the time we were done at the capitol it was time for us to head home. On the way back we stopped at a restaurant called "Hickory Park" where we had ice cream. It really was an amazing day!