Wanderlust tales : Downtown, Kansas

DOWNTOWN:

The downtown of any city is apparently the most happening place buzzing with shops, shopping outlets, eateries and much more. And Kansas downtown won't fail you. 😉😍

A stroll through the streets is enough to give you a vibe of the place - lively, entertaining and engrossing, filled with skyscrapers!!

The Downtown of Kansas is one of America's 10 best downtowns(Forbes) - as per their official site:

www.visitkc.com

Do take a ride on the RideKC streetcar. 💗 It is a 2-mile streetcar or a tram which is free for the public use - it runs on a stretch of River Market to Crown Center.

Pictures:

This was near the Cheesecake Factory - the metro stop is here:

As I walked to see the National WW1 Liberty Memorial:

Hallmark building:

Towards Union Station:

The National WW1 Memorial as seen from near the Union Station:

This was as I walked to reach the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts:

A parking lot full of graffiti:

An old theater:

This was as I approached the Kansas City Public Library:

I took my ride back in the streetcar after seeing the Central Library to the Union Station.

Caught my bus from the metro stop right next to the Crowne Center - this wait was longer and to top the bus was running late. It is a good thing, the information is floated across on the LED.

And I missed the next bus - my bus which dropped me at Broadway 74th Terr SB was running late. 😓
This was the last stop for the bus I was in.
I was to take the next bus from the below stop at the 75th, Broadway Westbound as per Google Maps but alas the last bus for the route was at 1730. 😠😟
Hence, from here left with no option I called my cabbie guy to pick me up to drop me back home. 😯😫😨

As I was waiting for the cabbie Brian - I saw quite a motorbikes running on the roads. It is quite unlikely that you would see people riding bikes here in the US but surprisingly Kansas has quite a few bikers. And they ride on these small mini bikes too - little like the scooty people drive back in India but the bikes are minus the bulk.

As I headed home in my cab, safely: 😳😴😊

KANSAS DIARIES:

https://xylo742.blogspot.com/2017/06/travel-diaries-my-solo-travel-saga-in.html

Cheers to life!!

~Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step! 

P.S. All the above photos have been clicked by me.