Twin Cities

So first off I have to say that our stay in Minneapolis was awesome. We owe a big thanks to TKO for letting us crash her place for the month. Now since it seems like all we do now is talk about where we could end up in the next year, I thought I should post some pictures of our month for anyone that may be considering the move to our neighboring state Minnesota.
Minnesota seems to have the same feel as Wisconsin, still that same friendly Midwestern atmosphere. We even saw neighborhoods of the same cute little square houses that they have here.
In the middle of the city (I think this is the middle of Minneapolis) they have this huge waterfall and hiking paths up and down the river. It is really pretty and you wouldn't even know that you are in the middle of the city.

There is a free zoo and conservatory in St Paul (with free parking too now that is amazing). We went on a saturday so it was packed, but on a weekday I think it would be a great get out of the house trip. (I also have a picture of this sweet vending machine that is stuck on my camera at the moment, but it is the ultimate mommy vending machine complete with diapers, pacifiers, baby food, and so much more)

I don't think Charly appreciated the zoo to much as you can tell she couldn't really see much of the animals.

And how can you talk about Minneapolis without mentioning the Cherry on a Spoon? It is actually one of the scuptures at an outdoor sculpture garden. Anyone who visits need a picture with this.

It is none other than the Mississippi River that runs though the cities and with the power of this large water bodie came the start of these twin cities. It was once the worlds flour milling capitol, with two large mills on either side of the river, you might have heard of one of them before...

Also in St Paul is the Mall of America. Now don't get too excited over this, really it is just a big mall. Apparently it is so big that there are even two of the same stores in there, now that is just silly to me. But besides the mall they do have exhibits that come there, that is where we saw Body World a couple years ago. And this time we went to the Aquarium (the largest underground aquarium apparently). And it did get Brad's seal of approval, which means a lot if you know Brad.

One of my favorite parts was the jelly fish exhibit, they had neon lights on them and they looked really cool.


If Fred knows your going to Minneapolis he is going to tell you to eat a Juicy Lucy. There are two places that serve this hamberger that is stuffed with juicy cheese, we decided to try the Nook.

Also just like in Milwaukee a half an hour drive outside the city gets you into farm country. We happened to be there during blueberry season.

I had confrimed to me many time that this really is the land of 100,000 lakes. There are lakes everywhere. It was really nice to be able to walk to the lake at night and walk around or wade in or just enjoy the sunset.



We also took some day trips which will have to come in later posts because this one is getting to be super long...