Sizable communities of Asian heritage call St. Louis home. Spend Tuesday, April 16, with us on our Orient Express--a guided tour exploring some of our Asian communities’ customs, traditions and beliefs. Visit the Fo Guang Shan St. Louis Buddhist Center to observe and learn about Buddhism. Browse and shop the Chinese gift and medicinal shops, grocery and bakery along Olive Street Road, St. Louis’ “Chinatown.” Feast at Wei Hong, one of the region’s best and most unusual Chinese restaurants. After lunch, tour the Oriental Galleries at the St. Louis Art Museum. Experience the beauty of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Chinese and Japanese Gardens during a guided stroll.

The tour costs $67, which includes motorcoach transportation, admission to the scheduled activities, gratuities, a meal and enroute snacks. This tour involves lots of walking. Comfortable shoes are recommended.

For more information or to register for this tour, call ext. 1624 at 636.397.6903 or go online to www.stpetersmo.net/rec-connect.