Madison

A few people have told me Madison WI is just like Albany NY. Turns out they're right. Downtown is centered on the capital building and as we approached we saw there was something big happening on the capital steps. Turns out every wednesday in summer is a concert at the capital.

We grabbed an outdoor dinner at Frida's a mexican place and then joined the masses surrounding the capital just in time to hear a salute to eash branch of the armed forces followed by the 1812 overture (no cannons).

Next we dropped into a very authentic Irish pub called Brocach complete with snugs (the Irish style booth). I had a great Guinness, the wife had a Bailey's coffee.

We got a room at the Best Western directly across from the capital building. Here's the view out our window.