This was my first trip to the state of Minnesota and I was pretty excited because I had heard Minneapolis is a cool city. Mall of America is about 15 minutes from campus and they have all sorts of famous local things. Unfortunately my visit was pretty short and packed with meetings so I didn't get to explore more than the area around the university.
That's not to say it wasn't cool, because there is so much around the university, which pretty is integrated into the city. I stayed with sisters in an appartment directly across the steet from the football stadium and all along that street are cool restaurants and some chains. I went to Bona, a Vietnamese restaurant, with one of the chapter advisors and it was very good (I've been eating Vietnamese food my entire life so I feel like I can make that call).
view of downtown Minneapolis from the West Bank campus, across the Mississippi River
Minnesota's mascot is Goldie the Gopher and I thought the statue of him outside the Coffman Union was great. On Tuesday night we went bowling with a fraternity at the lanes in the student union. I thought it was cool that there was a snack bar, bowling alleys and gaming systems all in this area of the union. The president also told me that the building supposedly was built to look like a gopher from the front.
Post title from: Ten Thousand Lakes by Kid Dakota
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