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One of the coolest parts of going somewhere else in the country is getting to meet new people. Accents change, common terms change (in TX a coke, in MN a soda pop), but best of all...the weather changes! Yesterday morning it was a gorgeous 57 degrees! The streets downtown were clean, and people were all over, but it never was crowded. And, since their winters get so cold, you don't have to go outside when getting about downtown either. Everything is connected via skyway. Mall worthy stores around every corner. Also cool was the light rail there. It runs from the Mall of America, to the airport, to the Metrodome (where the Vikings and Twins play), down to the Target Center (where the Timberwolves play). There was never a need for a cab. And there was hardly any pollution! I could actually breathe instead of gasp for breath as we do here in Downtown Dallas during the blistering summer heat.
Monday night we got in, barely had time to put down our bags at our hotel (the Marquette) then wisked off to dinner at the Loon Cafe. I partook in the veggie burger, but was not overly impressed. We had training all day on Tuesday, and Tuesday night a couple of co-workers and I went to a neat place called the Local for happy hour. Such a neat building. After a drink we headed for dinner at a great little Italian place called Zelo. I had the grilled pork tenderloin and it was fantastic! The bread was perfectly cooked, and the sweet pepper bruschetta is almost worth the plane ticket back up to Minneapolis! Wednesday we trained, then headed for the airport. We ate a restaurant there at the airport called Ike's which one of our trainers had recommended. I had the sage roasted turkey pot pie. Wow. First of all it was the size of a small pizza and second of all it was wonderful. I could only make it through about a third of it (I didn't want to be too full on the plane).
And by the way, I had never even heard of a Walleye, but it is on every menu up there. Ryan was waiting for me at the baggage claim when we got back into DFW. Got home about 10:00 and got to sleep about 11:00.
On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best on the scale, I would give Minneapolis an 8. And it only gets an 8 in my book because apparently the winters are just awful. Neat town. I'd return for sure!