The Cities

This past weekend I spent in the wonderful cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul (plus surrounding areas). I really wanted to see my friend Maren from Norway this past year, but it never seemed to work out- this weekend, however, it did!! After catching a ride from some friends here at Winona, I waited outside of the Mall of America for Corey, Maren's mom, to pick me up. I saw her and we went back to the car and then we'd drive to Maren's swim meet. There was this weird person in the back seat, though and I thought for a moment 'ummm who is this person in the back of the car' then I was like OMG MAREN!!! She and her mom totalllllly surprised me. Dang. But it was awesome. I met Maren's friends and we spent Saturday in Minneapolis hanging out in Uptown and biking around lake Calhoun. It was a beautiful afternoon. Sunday we went to the Minnesota State Fair and I saw cousin Ben. I'm pretty sure he was quite surprised to see me. At the fair we at Calzones on a stick, A bucketful of cookies and lemonade. I bought a pretty necklace and a Norwegian magnet for my fridge. All in all, very fun weekend.