Day 28 - Downtown Dallas

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Morning R went shopping to TomThumb. Viswam had an exam from 8-10am. After he came back from his exam Rajesh came and dropped us at Galatyn station by 11 am. Bought a Day Pass (valid both for the train and the bus. $4 per head) and went around Downtown and Uptown Dallas. Back to the room by 4pm. M came at 9 for dinner. V had another exam from 8.30pm till 10.30pm.

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Photos

Downtown Dallas
In the front..white building is Union Station. The tall building with a tower has a revolving restaurant at the top and to the right is a glass building.

Resting after walk
Just outside Viswam's apt.

Tomatoes on the vine
Tomatoes with stalk and big onion. In the box is Cinnabon.

Big Onion
You can see how big the onion is.

Train Station
The station where Rajesh dropped us.

Train Station
A train going in the opposite direction.

Train
The train is like a tram...runs on the road.

Kennedy Memorial
This is where Kennedy was shot dead.

Museum
Kennedy Memorial in the foreground and The Old Red Museum at the back.

Kennedy Memorial
Open Tomb..Kennedy Memorial signifying his joyous and spirited nature.

Dealy Plaza
A small park with fountains and a statue of Dealy. In the background can be seen some arch..don't know what it is.

Glass Building
You can see two men cleaning the glass. There were a couple of other glass buildings. This was the biggest.

Revolving Restaurant
The tall tower with a revolving restaurant at the top

Lunch
Lunch at Subway.

Subway
Subway's footlong with vegetable patty and no cheese...R's favourite

Union Station
Waiting at the Union Station for the metro. You can see the glass building in the background.

Streetcar
Going for a free ride in the streetcar called trolley...it takes us from downtown to uptown and back. makes the same trip again and again.

Trolley
Inside the old trolley. You can see the driver.

Trolley
The trolley. Driver stopped suddenly and said 'bathroom break' and went into a shop and came back and continued driving.

Streetcar
I like the way they ask for contributions.

Old StreetCar
You can see the controls.

Comments

[meera]

the trolly car reminds old madras with tram