the beauty of a wrong turn.

a couple weeks ago natalie and i were driving home from a friends outside of columbia and we ended taking a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in a town called hermann......which is about 70 miles outside of st. louis. we were supposed to be heading west on i44 but instead were north on hwy 19....beats the hell outta me...lol.

so we made the most of it and came across some absolutely beautiful scenery. we took advantage of the situation and stopped and took pictures and just took in the surroundings....who new that places like this existed in missouri?? so our two hour drive home turned into almost 4 hours and we were both about 45 minutes late for work that night because we were so lost, but it was totally worth it. i love seeing new places :)

we loved this place so much that today we drove allllllllllll the way back up there just to see the town again, which is an old german town with cute wine shops and vintage bed and breakfasts along the missouri river. we stopped and ate at a place called tappers grill and since we were somewhere new i decided to try something different off the menu. i ordered a sunset wheat beer type drink which is unlike any other beer i've had and is really good, it had a fruity/citrus-y flavor to it and they served it with a slice of orange! soooooo good. they also served the most delish homemade whole grain bread i have ever had.

i tried the house special soup which was the tomato basil and i must say that was the best soup i have ever had i my life. no joke. i licked the bowl clean...lol. that was the best food i've ever eatin ever! i then ordered the gilled chicken sandwhich on ciabatta bread. it had sauted onions, pepperjack cheese, tomotoes, and lettuce on it...omg. and i also got a side of coleslaw. BOMB ASS COLESLAW!!! mmmmmmmn :D i'm definately going back there.

i'm probably overreacting to the food situtaion but i don't care. i'm tired of eating the same old ruby tuesday and subway bull-shizz and this was a total change of pace and i had fun with natalie, jake, and mary today. :D yay for new adventures.

i want to go to portland. i was watching rachel ray's tasty travels on the food network and in that episode she was in portland and it made me want to go there for the coffee/food experience. one day i'll make my way over there.