Monday, March 24, 2014

28 days later: missing Minnesota?

As of yesterday, I have not been in Minnesota for one month, which is the longest period of time that I have spent out of state to date). A week before I left Dirk asked me what I would miss about Minnesota (besides the people). My answer then was "um..." and my answer to today is "nothing, but..."

"Nothing, but" I miss my bike.
I don't want to am not capable of biking up the hills of Viña or Valparaíso, but I do wish I could explore the city by bike at some point. I see a few bikers (no helmets, grrr) but no bike lanes or paths, although they do have bike racks on the metro. Minneapolis/St Paul is really good for both biking enthusiasts and casual bikers, and has a biking culture and infrastructure that I really love (from the casual biker perspective).

Plus, there is only one hill in the Twin Cities that I had to walk up.

"Nothing, but" I do miss Target.
It's not actually Target that I miss, but the know-how of knowing where to go to get something, knowing how to get there and back in under three hours, and being able to understand the answers to any questions I might have along the way.

"Nothing, but" I do miss beer.
I am enjoying discovering new (inexpensive!) wines, and this is the part of the world to do that. Wine is not local craft beer. Other parts of the US have craft brews, but I really do miss the Minnesota craft brew scene.

Nothing. The best part of Minnesota is my people.
And my cat.

1 comment:

  1. I love it! But at first when you said 28 days later I thought you were going to talk about zombies.

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