Indianapolis - The final days. (Well not of the City but of my time there).

Although I worked North of the City I discovered the downtown area was only 30 minutes car journey away.
Over one of the weekends I stayed there I headed down to explore.



Indianapolis is of course famous for the indianapolis 500 Motor sport and the Brickyard races.
There is a lot of reference to the 'Brickyard' around the area.
I assumed it was because of the factories that used to be along the canal downtown, which is now a hot spot to walk go to the museums or take a gondola ride on the canal itself.
On visiting the Indianapolis racetrack I found it to be much bigger than I had expected it to be. The track itself used to be made up of over 3.2 million bricks. Just imagine driving on those nowadays.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) was another interesting find on my way downtown. Set in a peaceful park and garden suroundings it is located next to the Ely Lilly House where the Founder of the Ely Lilly Pharmaceutical Company used to live. Quite a mansion and beautiful gardens.
You can visit the inside of the house, which I did not but I did use 'the facilities', so to speak.










The gardens had many interesting features and statues water fountains and wild areas all backing onto a canal that you can walk along.










To the North West of the City is Eagle Creek National park. A large area with a couple of large lakes in it.
Tranquil and full of natural beauty.
One Lake is set aside for the wild life and another where you can fish.







The Downtown area is a great place to walk around. The White River has walkways either side and as you cross the bridge there is also a Zoo.



The main square was just great to wander through.









Indianapolis has a lot of memorials and statues. many celebrating or commemorating wars and famous battles.





WWII Memorial impressive and provided some good vews from up the steps















If ever in doubt even at night one is reminded which country I'm in.




The IMA has its influence downtown also. Many modern statues and 'Public Art features.









It was a City that seemed to be proud of itself, clean and relaxing place to wander around.
I have to say that is was a City I enjoyed visiting very much, in part because it was a surprise to find so many interesting things there.

So for me I move on and next is to travel far away across the Ocean once again.

My next stop being back to the UK for 2 weeks visit. See Mum and sister, check on the house we own there and visit London and the surrounding area.

I will also try to relax a little before returning to the US to work on another assignment.