Minnesota!

I have officially landed in Minneapolis! and luckily for me, it looks like a warm spell has come with me so it will be a balmy 40 to 50 degrees for my whole week here. Just to put it in perspective, I just watched the news and they said the low tonight is going to be 38 degrees - which is the average daytime high this time of year, apparently for MN this is May weather. For me it is the nighttime low in January. hahaha, crazy.

my flight got in late so I didn't get to Minnesota until 4pm. I had planned to drive around town and aclimate myself for my schools tomorrow. Instead, I decided to pick one school to try to find today using the GPS i brought. it works pretty well, but sometimes didn't give me enough time between telling me I would need to turn and the turn coming. So part of me is a little nervous about using it tomorrow when I have to go to five schools and a fair, but overall I think i just need to get used to it.

my hotel has a display of brochures on restaurants, so I perused and picked up a couple. After I felt comfortable with my GPS I made it take me to Rudolph's. it is a bbq place near downtown minneapolis (I couldn't tell you exactly because I missed a couple turns from my GPS and had to loop around the freeways a little bit). The food was great! they brought my cole slaw out before the meal, like a salad, which was weird but it was so gooood! it was like KFC cole slaw but much tangier, almost burning. and the ribs were excellent too. This place even serves Carnegie Deli cheesecake! My goal is to eat at as many places I don't see at home as possible, so I am looking forward to it.

I have taken some pictures, but will have to wait to upload. I will update again tomorrow!