Minneapolis

We visited the city of Minneapolis last week and it was great! The pictures are of a sculpture park just outside of the downtown area of the city and very close to the new baseball stadium that is being built for the 'Twins'. The downtown area is a mix of commerce of business associated buildings with restaurants and a 'skywalk' that links the downtown area so that in the winter, you are able to get around from office block to office block even when there is 3 feet of snow on the ground, very smart!

Minneapolis is also home to the 'Mall of America', the largest in the USA so I am led to believe, it even has a theme park in the center of it! We had lunch there with our good friend Tom Richmond and my wife was able to shop for a few hours but I also sneaked in some shopping in the Apple store and got my hands on the latest iLife09 software at a much lower price than Apple ask for here in the UK! A result!

Minnesota the state is a beautiful place with lush green areas and home to 10,000 lakes, so hunting and sports are big in the area!

One day I hope to return to do some fishing and catch the local fish that is called Walleye. I ate some for lunch and they taste real good!

It was very cool to visit a new part of the USA for us and see some of the real America that is missing from Orlando and Las Vegas. The USA stills has a special place in my heart and I always love being there.