the cities

On Sunday, I made a quick trip down to the cities. The drive was a lot easier than I thought it would be and made it to Amandas apartment by 10.

We ate at a place just down the block called Egg and I. I got a breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese and bacon on an english muffin. It was good food and good coffee!! Definitely a cute little place to go for a quick brunch.

After that, Amanda drove me around. This was my first time to the Minneapolis / St Paul area other than a couple trips to the Mall of America and the airport so it was nice to get a feel for the city. For some reason it reminds me of Melbourne. We went to Target (YAY!!) and The Minnesota History Museum. The best exhibit at the museum was MN150 - an exhibit on 150 things that help put Minnesota on the map. The things were from every aspect of culture - the brown paper bag, spam, Prince, Mayo Clinic and GPS. I learned quite about the state. They had a couple other interesting exhibits like The Greatest Generation. This one looks at the generation that was born shortly before the Great Depression and went on to serve in WWII.

Next it was on to a "nature" area along the river. It was were many of the old mills were. I found this area really beautiful. There was this neat juxtaposition between old historical buildings that were partially collapsed and the new buildings. The yellow fall color of the aspens only added to the sight. It was a neat area to walk around (unfortunately I neglected to take any pictures).

We then drove to a burger joint to meet Heidi for dinner. Then it was time to leave because homework was calling my name. Definitely a fun, quick day trip that will I will hopefully do again soon!!