Towneplace Suites By Marriott Minneapolis Downtown

<br>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?<br><br>Off to MOA!<br><br>Mary

Here are links to over 800 photos I took on the trip. They are in chronological order.<br><br>1st set<br><br>http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743654&amp;id=13903381&amp;l =6484cf32ac<br><br>2nd set<br><br>http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743677&amp;id=13903381&amp;l =21fa01c9dc<br><br>3rd set<br><br>http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743705&amp;id=13903381&amp;l =8604f37db0<br><br>4th set<br><br>http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743712&amp;id=13903381&amp;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<br>

... The second flight on a NWA 757-300 was better but not perfect. I was able to sleep but I think that may have been a product of just simply being tired. At least they were cloth seats and a slightly higher seat back for some neck support.<br>I am now very exhausted and get to go to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to waking up on purpose and having to start moving. <br><br>How long til my next vacation???<br>

... and baked beans and bean soup on the side, beautiful Went to a baseball game Minnesota twins va Los Angeles angels, bit slow but no worse than cricket the cities were cool , they had skywalks everywhere so most people don't actually use the footpaths, you can get around entirely by skywalk (a "skywalk" is just an enclosed elevated walkway connecting buildings like the one btwn melb central and myers)

... the pictures, but you truly had to be there. <br><br>The mall itself was great because it had a store for everyone. There was a flag store, an antique store, and even a store dedicated to cowboy clothing. Very fun. <br><br>Not much else for today. We're going swimming in a few minutes. Long day tomorrow, heading up into Minneapolis for the day and then staying into the evening for the fireworks display. Hope the weather holds!<br><br>Talk to everyone later.

... and then across to the Amarelle sun deck and then down the steps to the reception desk. The ships were connected to each other in many places we visited. We went to the sun deck to wait because the cabins were not ready. I found our cabin and the door was open and went into it a couple of times to take some pictures. We waited on the sun deck and also in the small lounge near our cabin. There are 4 decks on the ship. We were the last cabin on the Violin Deck, Cabin 332. The ...

... hours seems like a lot of sleep, and people seem much more friendly.  Everyone needs someone to talk to, laugh with, and confide in, so I will try to be that person to others.  I know I need it, too. · I have grown and changed in the past nine days.  I never want to forget what I have learned, so I need to keep immersing myself in unfamiliar situations to see everyday how beautiful the world and the people in it are.

... ol' buddies. Renee and I, along with her older sister, had made brownies earlier that evening, and they sure were scrumptious. I think there actually might have been an extra drop of love in those brownies, as we all were feeling on top of the world after eating them! By the time Renee's friends came over, I was glued to the recliner, and in need of a fork lift to remove me. Her friends immediately admitted to "facebook stalking" me, basically ...

... 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 ...