Well, I have left LA with my friend Adam for our annual football trip. Since I picked the destination last year, it was Adams turn to pick where we would see our game this year. As you can probably tell by the headline, he picked the Minnesota Vikings. So, here we are in Downtown Minneapolis - ready to see as much of the town as we can before the game on Sunday.
Yesterday I woke up at 3:30am and left to pick up Adam so we could make our 6:15am flight. We made it here to Minneapolis around 2:30pm and took the light-rail train system to downtown Minneapolis. Our hotel was only a few blocks from the train station and is also going to be able to take us to the football game on Sunday.
After we got
settled into our hotel room, we set off to do a little walking and get a few drinks at a bar or 2. We walked to the warehouse district and also to the Nicoret Mall. Since we really didn't have any particular destination we just wandered until we came across someplace we were interested in checking out. We wandered by the First Avenue club. This club is famous for appearing in the Prince movie "Purple Rain." First Avenue is from what I understand, one of the most popular clubs in the entire state. Since it was too early for First Avenue to be open, we stopped at a bar called Donovan's that was right across the street from First Avenue. After a beer or 2 there, we continued walking around for another half and hour until we decided to end our night at Brits Pub. This was a cool pub that had a great outdoor area and had a Beefeater greeting people at
the door. Of course, before we lef
t, Adam had to have his picture taken with the Beefeater. The outdoor area surprised us because hardly anyone was using it. That was nice, because we got to take in the city and not be in a crowded bar at the same time. We also met a few locals there that gave me a little history on the surrounding buildings and mentioned the possibility of hanging out again this evening if Adam & I were free. We are not sure if we will hang out with them again or not, but it was nice to meet some cool locals on our first night in town.
settled into our hotel room, we set off to do a little walking and get a few drinks at a bar or 2. We walked to the warehouse district and also to the Nicoret Mall. Since we really didn't have any particular destination we just wandered until we came across someplace we were interested in checking out. We wandered by the First Avenue club. This club is famous for appearing in the Prince movie "Purple Rain." First Avenue is from what I understand, one of the most popular clubs in the entire state. Since it was too early for First Avenue to be open, we stopped at a bar called Donovan's that was right across the street from First Avenue. After a beer or 2 there, we continued walking around for another half and hour until we decided to end our night at Brits Pub. This was a cool pub that had a great outdoor area and had a Beefeater greeting people at
the door. Of course, before we lef
t, Adam had to have his picture taken with the Beefeater. The outdoor area surprised us because hardly anyone was using it. That was nice, because we got to take in the city and not be in a crowded bar at the same time. We also met a few locals there that gave me a little history on the surrounding buildings and mentioned the possibility of hanging out again this evening if Adam & I were free. We are not sure if we will hang out with them again or not, but it was nice to meet some cool locals on our first night in town.After an hour or 2 at Brits Pub, we got some food at Chipolte and then returned to the hotel to get some much needed sleep. Tomorrow (Day 2) is Halloween Day, so I am sure it will be an interesting city to walk around in. In the afternoon, we plan on checking out the Mall of America.
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