With the only one and famous, Chef Bioardi
They have a lot of nice cars
Durham Museum
This city has a lot of history behind it and diversity behind it. Since working here in Omaha, I got a chance to take a picture with a car that came from all the way from Alaska!
People come from all over the US and the world to see Omaha. Even when I am working the front gate at the Omaha Zoo, I have seen people coming from Mexico, Europe and even Australia! It is so cool to see all these different people come to Omaha and the zoo. Some highlights of downtown Omaha is the Century Link building. They hold Olympic swim trials here. If only I could swim that fast! I also visited the famous Pedestrian Bridge. It goes from Nebraska to Iowa.
Approaching the Pedestrian Bridge
View of Omaha from the bridge
In two places at the same time!
View of Omaha from Council Bluffs, IA
View of the famous downtown Omaha
Two of many of Omaha's famous buildings
Even though there is a lot of diversity in Omaha, there is something that I have found that this city does share something very similar for each other. The first thing Omaha has in common with each other is their love of baseball. The College World Series actually used to be placed in the parking lot of the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo called Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt is a historical idol to Omaha since Rosenblatt was a native to Omaha and played baseball and eventually spent his later life voluteering his life to service for his community. Since many people were upset about that going down, a new place was selected in downtown Omaha to hold The College World series. In replacement of the original location, a smaller field as a memorial was built just in two weeks to honor the original Rosenblatt College World Series location. It marks off the original home plate, three bases, original lines to the field posts, and the original sign that was on top of the score board. Unfortunately, I could not take a picture quite yet. However, when I was downtown, I did come across this!
Another thing that the people of Omaha have in common is their service to our country. Omaha has a very strong involvement with active duty. The reason why Omaha is so active in service is because Omaha holds lots of air bases here. Omaha recognizes the people who participate in service throughout the city.
Unfortunately, all of these were underwater due to flooding last year. However, they stand strong today. I feel that the pictures speak for themselves about the feelings the people of Omaha have about serving our country. Seeing all of these monuments has really moved me and I grow a great respect for the people who live here and what they do.
Even though I may have not wrote much in this blog entry about the shananigans happening in the zoo, I do feel like having this experience outside the zoo has taught me a lot about what kind of community the Omaha Zoo has to provide.Check my facebook to see my videos since my blogger doesn't like to upload them. Enjoy, comment, and share!
