Lauritzen Gardens

Eventually we arrived at Lauritzen Gardens, which is a 100 acre botanical garden.

We were starving so we went for lunch in the cafe, where a band were singing railroad songs to the diners.

I had a tasty potato salad with an orzo pasta salad.

We then took a tram ride around the gardens.

There were lots of sculptures around the park by Japanese artist Jun Kaneko, who's studio is right next to our loft in the Old Market.

We shared a gigantic rice krispie cake while on the ride.

There was a 400th scale replica of Mount Fuiji.

The best part was the model railway garden which had wooden railroads twisting between the trees.

As well as trains, there were minature scale models of Omaha hidden in the trees.

After having a good explore, we got back on the tram.

We were excited when we saw were the tram went next... straight to the Welcome To Omaha sign.

There were two gigantic trains, which they'd had to build a temporary railway and lift to get on the side of the hill and then they had to remove half of the cliff to make it visible to the I80.

There was an amazing view over the river.

I attempted to take a few polaroid photos but need to get the hang of how much light to let in. They look really cool though.

We jumped back on the school bus and headed to the Durham Museum.

There was a special train outside that Tom wanted to see.

Tom even got a tattoo to prove his love for trains.

We went for dinner at Blue Sushi which was amazing as always.

This time we tried the Silly Rabbit rolls which were filled with pickles and carrots.