Milwaukee Lake Front

I went for lunch today at Mader's, a German restaurant.  There's a lot of oak panelling and stained glass windows, and all the staff were wearing traditional Bavarian dress, as that's the stereotypical view of Germany, I suppose.

I had a salad, a burger, a cake and a coffee and it came to under $30, which I thought was great value.

After lunch, I decided to walk along to the lake front to see how it's changed in the years since I last visited.  It was further than I remembered!
On the way, I found there were a lot of kites being flown next to the lake - all sorts of different designs.
 
I walked further down the lake front to the park area that I'd visited on my previous visit to Milwaukee when it had just been laid out and planted.

There are certainly a lot more people using the area nowadays and the wild prairie areas that had just been sown before are now properly bedded in.


There were also at least 3 post-ceremony wedding groups around, having all their photographs taken in the park.

Most pedestrians stopped and gave them a moment to do the photographs - the cyclists didn't.

Everything has grown so much, that it all looks a lot better nowadays.



The  amazing building shown in the last picture here is a military commemoration centre, although it was closed when I was there for wedding ceremonies.