We visited the Mitchell Conservatory Domes first thing. One dome is a Tropical Dome which had lots of tropical plant, as you might imagine. Another dome was the Desert Dome with succulents, cactus and even a desert tortoise (our first wild animal of the trip). The last and smallest dome was the Floral Dome, it was filled with flowers, their summer show end on the 7th. Let me just say it could have ended today. The weather was cool 65 degree, partly sunny but windy.
We had tickets for an 11:30 Pabst Mansion tour. The Pabst Mansion is pretty much on the Marquette U campus. We parked the car and walked a bit around the campus and visited the Chapel of St Joan of Arc. It is said to be the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere which was still being used for its original purpose. It is a lovely little chapel which mass is still said daily during the school year.
It was then time to check in for our Behind the Scene Tour at the mansion. It was a great tour. It seems like our tour guide is a Pabst historian. Our tour lasted 2.5 hours, we visited the home then the attic and the basement. It was an interesting story about Capt. Pabst and his home.
Our next visit was to the Basilica of St Josephat, it was ok not fabulous as basilicas go. It was a quick visit then back to our room to reorganize for walk along the Milwaukee River to Lake Michigan. We visited the Public Market, kind of small but nice. Then went to dinner at the Swinging Door Exchange, good food but an upselling waiter which I find unscrupulous. It was good food.
After dinner we walked to the Lakeshore waterfront park. Along the lake are venues for Summerfest. We enjoyed our time in Milwaukee.
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