Hampton Inn Minneapolis-Maple Grove

We arrived mid afternoon in Bloomington. We passed the Mall to go register at our hotel. We stayed at Staybridge Suites just west of the Mall. It is a super nice place and they offer a full breakfast in the morning. Also every room is a suite with a ...

... we had to weave through the other drivers. We met Aleen for dinner at Trieu Chau, a local Vietnamese restaurant in St. Paul. I ate Bun Rieu while Susan had Bun Bo Hue and Aleen ate the vegetable soup. We made it to Hung and Lien's at 8:30 PM exhausted but ready to see what Minneapolis has to offer since this is our first time to go sightseeing here.

We will be seeing the Mall of America...

I'm frantically trying to work through my 3 page list of things to do before I go. Setting up a travel blog was one of the things on my list. Hopefully this will work as a great way to share stories and photos will all our friends and family back home. This seems pretty easy so far. My next task is a little more complicated...buying another swim suit. Why did I wait until 48 hours before departure to tackle this monumental task?

Off to MOA!

Mary

Here are links to over 800 photos I took on the trip. They are in chronological order.

1st set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743654&id=13903381&l =6484cf32ac

2nd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743677&id=13903381&l =21fa01c9dc

3rd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743705&id=13903381&l =8604f37db0

4th set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743712&id=13903381&l =1612875889

... It is Las Vegas after all. Going to be staying for 7 nights and I am bringing a good friend of mine. We hope to gamble the nights away and take in some of those girly shows. Sounds like fun! Wish me luck

Hello, all, I'm sorry that I haven't written in a terrible amount of
time, nor did I post the photos I promised I would.

BUT,
now I have gotten it together and made two albums. It's hard to try and
distill 1245 photos into 120, but I think I did ok, if you have any
questions or want to see a different photo, email me at ...

... ceremony and inauguration party. I went over to a table that was adorned with lots of French flair and decorations, and a hostess offered me a glass of champagne. It was so good! I then made my way over to another table full of Parisian o'dourves and appetizers. In between eating and people watching, I looked up and noticed Carl Eller from the ...

... kept my composure due to the fact that this was not a program intended for adults. What can I say? I was a stellar girl scout. We then moved on to the grove of Maples that stood outside the nature center. We saw shiny silver buckets hanging from many trees and carrying our own sap buckets we were ready to unleash the sap collecting wrath. The buzz of tiny boots in the snow was great mixed with shouts from the kids about who had found the fullest cans of watery ...

... overnight train ride into the Thar desert 2/8 - Jaisalmer - touristy stuff 2/9 - Jaisalmer - overnight camel safari in the desert 2/10 - Jaisalmer - touristy stuff 2/11 - Jaisalmer to Jaipur - overnight train ride 2/12 - Jaipur - touristy stuff 2/13 - Jaipur - visit Bal Ashram rehabilitation center for rescued child ...

Today is Monday, and I can't believe I leave on Friday already! Trevor and I are getting together tonight to figure out/buy our Europass ... nothing like doing things at the last min ... oh well! I still have some last min. shopping to do. And I haven't started packing yet. I should probably clean my room so I can actually see my floor before I do anything though! Ha Ha.