1st Day in Minnesotta

I arrived at 10:55 am here in Minnesotta at the Minneapolis St. Paul International airport. It wasn't such a bad flight since since I was asleep 3/4 th's of the time. I breezed through immigration and we didn't have any plane delays.

When I got to the hotel, I settled down and rested a bit. I'm staying in a place called Homestead Suites which is really designed for long-term guest stays. I checked out the kitchen and all the other amenities. Then I found out that for $4.99, I will have unlimited access to high-speed internet for the rest of my stay here. Yipee! So I've just been surfing the net. Although the room has cable, the choices are limited so I haven't really been watching anything.

At around 3, I decided to walk and try to go to the nearest mall. It was just so damn cold though so I ended up eating at the nearest restaurant called Fuddruckers which serves American-style burgers. After that, I went back to my hotel and crashed. I don't have any groceries yet. Let's see how I adjust to the new time zone.

So how is life here in suburban Minnesotta? If you don't have a car, your'e pretty much trapped in the hotel. You have to call for a cab to get anywhere. There really isn't much to see since it's just lots of open space and snow. In fact, I have a view of a frozen lake outside my room. I'll try to go to the downtown area one of these days, but I don't know how different that will be from where I am staying. A trip to Mall of America is part of the plan, but that might be for next weekend.

Life seems so quiet here, I'll probably have lots of time to update my blog. This isn't exactly my idea of an adventure since this is really the heart of White America, but hell, I'll try to make the most out of it.