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Look for cheap lodgings along N Walnut St near Hwy 46.
Grant Street Inn
(
800-328-4350;
www.grantstinn.com
;
310 N Grant St; r incl breakfast $159-239;
)
has 24
rooms in a Victorian house and annex near campus.
For a town of its size, Bloomington offers a mind-blowing array of ethnic restaurants -
everything from Burmese to Eritrean to Mexican. Browse Kirkwood Ave and E 4th St.
Anyetsang's Little Tibet
( 812-331-0122;
www.anyetsangs.com
; 415 E 4th St; mains $9-13;
11am-9:30pm Wed-Mon)
offers specialties from the Himalayan homeland. Pubs on Kirk-
wood Ave, close to the university, cater to the student crowd.
Nick's English Hut
(
www.nicksenglishhut.com
;
423 E Kirkwood Ave; from 11am)
pours not only for students and
professors, but has filled the cups of Kurt Vonnegut, Dylan Thomas and Barack Obama,
as well.
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Southern Indiana
The pretty hills, caves, rivers and utopian history of southern Indiana mark it as a com-
pletely different region from the flat and industrialized north.
Ohio River
The Indiana segment of the 981-mile Ohio River marks the state's southern border. From
tiny Aurora, in the southeastern corner of the state, Hwys 56, 156, 62 and 66, known col-
lectively as the
Ohio River Scenic Route
, wind through a varied landscape.
Coming from the east, a perfect place to stop is little
Madison
, a well-preserved river
settlement from the mid-19th century where architectural beauties beckon genteelly from
9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun)
, pick up a walking-tour brochure, which will
lead you by notable landmarks.
Madison has motels around its edges, as well as several B&Bs. Main St lines up nu-
merous places for a bite, interspersed with antique stores. Large, wooded
Clifty Falls
State Park
( 812-273-8885; tent & RV sites $12-36)
, off Hwy 56 and a couple of miles
west of town, has camping, hiking trails, views and waterfalls.
201 W Riverside Dr)
has only rapids, no falls, but is of interest for its 386-million-year-old
fossil beds. The
interpretive center
(adult/child $5/2; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, from 1pm Sun)
explains it all. Quench your thirst in adjacent New Albany, home to
New Albanian
