Last Sunday I got up early after 6 hours of sleep to enjoy the sunny and warm spring day outside. First, I walked 150 yards to Al's Breakfast in Dinkytown where I enjoyed a great american breakfast; a short stack of blueberry pancakes, scrumbled eggs with tomato, swiss and basil and a side portion of bacon and wheat toast.
The restaurant is reportedly the narrowest full service restaurant with seating... there are 14 seats lined up at a counter. It is funny, since I was there 10 minutes before opening (9am on Sunday) and there were already two people waiting... the line up then got longer until the opening (see pictures). I also got to know Marcia and Michael who invited me sponteanously for the breakfast, just because it is a special thing to eat at Al's and since I am a foreign exchange student... Something funny which has to be noted is that if people leave and others are waiting behind the seats, you may have to move with the food in order to make it possible for the new guests to sit next to each other... really funny tough!
In St. Paul I walked around Harriet Island to enjoy the Mississippi and the Skyline. Then I discovered the rather sleepy downtown and made my way up to the huge cathedral. A chirch service was in progress when I entered so I did not take any pictures from inside. But I have to say it is a big and very nice cathedral. Around the area of the cathedral, you can also find some very nice streets with colorful houses. After discovering the neighbourhood I went sponteanously to the Historical Museum of Minnesota to discover a little the state's past. I read a lot about the natives and immigration into the state during the last 150 years, and I even saw a picture of Dred Scott who once stayed at Fort Snelling and started a famous supreme court case regarding slavery (regards to Dr. Drolshammer and his class about American Law Culture). After that visit I enjoyed the sunny day in front of the State Capitol and almost slept... it was an awesome spring day - I hope it stays like that!
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