The Local Minneapolis

... ) my flight had departed 30 minutes prior.  Lufthansa squeezed me onto the next flight to Venice which would depart at 11:20 AM, the local time was now 7:20 AM and I was extremely tired from only 3 hours of sleep in the previous 48 hours.  I ...

... year and we happened to be there that day!  Cool.  :-)   After the lock experience, we checked out some of the local lakes where hundreds of people were running, swimming, and biking.  It's a physically very active city!    ...

... blogs in the park.  With beauty comes inspiration. If I wasn't hiking I was enjoying the bars and cinemas the local region brought.  21st Avenue gave  you everything you wanted and so made going downtown, not quite obsolete but a place ...

... able to take a run one morning on the quiet country roads outside of town and enjoy a quiet paper and coffee at Leroy's, the local java house. We stayed all three days at the Eagle Harbor Inn in Ephraim, the most picturesque town on the peninsula. The ...

... , and he would show me all that Los Angeles has to offer and answer any questions. Very helpful indeed.  I went to the local store to stock up on 'staples' to put in the fridge in my room before heading off to the pacific Ocean and Rodondo ...

... on medical inventions that weren't such good ideas, saw a mummy and lots more. Then we headed to the Mall of America. One of the local high schools was holding their prom there so we saw a lot of fancy dresses and tuxes in addition to the normal crowd. ...

... . Taking the obvious hint, we moved inside and turned on the tv - and that's when the seriousness took hold. Sprawled across the local news were images of this great storm in thermal-form moving across and directly above the city of Minneapolis. The ...

... ;s Nook, Trader Joe's and cheap wine, extensive supermarkets, skyping parents, picking-up Marnie and Kevin, exploring in rental car, the Local puB downtown, Irish beer, Crusaders rugby game - Kevin impressed by rugby, Twins game, raining/cold, purchasing ...

Today we were snowed in.  It snowed so much, even the local people were saying "Hmmm this is quite heavy.  Perhaps we should stay in."  Minneapolis State has declared today a snow emergency which means that loads of snow ploughs are ...

... no time we had our keys and were settling into our home for the next three weeks. Mike and I took a quick walk to the local convenience store for some "necessary" snacks, enjoyed a glass of wine and said goodnight.  Tomorrow morning we go through a ...