We headed back to the apartment after the movie before donning our Twins gear and heading towards the stadium. Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore so we visited his Birthplace and Museum first. His mother went to her father's house to get away from the saloon she was living above and gave birth to George Herman Ruth here. Whole most of his records have since been broken, today's players are still compared to him.
Born in this room, right here. Probably a different bed though.
A pretty good storm rolled through and we were able to wait out the heavy rain inside before walking to the game.
We were still under a lightning warning when we arrived so the concourses were pretty full. We had plenty of time to walk around and explore with the rain delay
Eutaw Street and the brick warehouse are some of the coolest features of this park. They mark home run balls that land on the street with metal plaques. There have been 120 so far as of a couple weeks ago.
The grounds crew got a standing ovation as they came out on to the field about 7:50. The rain finally cleared out and the game was set to being in 8:30.
We didn't stray too far for food since the lines were pretty insane. They need to work on their customer flow for sure. One thing they nailed on the head was two full sections of cheese in the nacho tray!
The Twins started out by scoring in each of the first 4 innings and took a lead that couldn't be caught. it was a late walk back, but a fun game to see.
On Saturday, we walked down to the Inner Harbor Area. They have a 27th floor observation deck at the World Trade Center. Outside they had a 9/11 memorial with a portion of beam from the towers that fell.
The tribute continued in the observation deck where they had each victims name listed on the window.
We got a 360 degree view from the tallest pentagon shaped building in the world. We were still dealing with smoke from Canada, but were able to see most of it.
We stopped by Lexington Market for lunch. Similar to Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis and Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. They just opened in this location earlier in the spring. It had a mostly a variety of food offerings. We got a Jamaican beef patty and Baltimore dog to share.
We took a drive in the afternoon to check out some more scenery. We drove past Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the thoroughbred triple crown.
Next was a stop at Cinnaholic, a custom cinnamon roll shop similar to Cold Stone's ice cream model. You picked a frosting and toppings and they had some pre-chosen options as well. Shake, Rattle, and Roll had peanut butter frosting, peanut butter cups, bananas, and pretzels! This would be dangerous back home.
We intended to check out a local 4th of July celebration, but rain was moving in so we stopped at El Trovador instead. Chorizo street tacos for Jimmy and a burrito for me was the perfect last meal.
Sunday morning we grabbed our last coffee and took a stroll to Mount Vernon Place to see the original Washington Monument. I wish I had researched it more before we went because I didn't realize you could go inside and climb to the top. Construction took place from 1815 to 1829 and was designed by the same architect as the more famous monument in Washington D.C.
We had an easy flight back home and arrived to the warmest of welcomes from Parker and Esme. Esme even made us these signs. I "mist" them too!
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