Today I want to share my travel itinerary for spending 1 day in Minneapolis with you. This city in Minnesota is a great place to visit in the American Midwest.
1 Day in Minneapolis
I almost didn’t get to spend 1 day in Minneapolis. Thunderstorms caused my flight from London to Chicago to be diverted to Detroit, and I missed my connection to Minnesota.
But I eventually got on a later flight, and I arrived in The Land of 10,000 Lakes ready to explore.
My first stop after landing was the rental car desks. A UK-based company had offered me a complimentary car for my Minnesota road trip, and the people at Alamo set me up nicely.
I even got upgraded since my flight delay caused me to arrive so late they were out of two-door cars. Sweet.
For the next two days, I explored Stillwater and Red Wing, idyllic places on the Wisconsin border. Then I made my way back to where I started and spent 1 day in Minneapolis for my cousin’s wedding.
But I stopped in neighboring Bloomington first. Why? Because that’s where the Mall of America is. Being American, I couldn’t resist a ginormous mall.
The visitors bureau must have known this, because they put me up in the Best Western Plus Bloomington Hotel, which was conveniently located right next to the mall. Being a Londoner, I couldn’t resist walking to the shops.
As soon as I arrived at the Mall of America, I found myself facing a multi-story tower of Lego. It sat in front of a roller coaster, which was surrounded by some of the countless stores.
The place was impressively huge, and it reminded me a lot of the Dubai Mall, which I visited in March.
But the main reason for my trip to the Mall of America wasn’t shopping. It wasn’t a roller coaster ride, either. It was a family reunion. Yes, you’re allowed to laugh.
For some reason, everyone in my family needed to buy something, and rather than wait until we were back in our respective home cities, we all congregated at the mall.
The Mall of America is the one shopping center in the US for which this can be justified. It’s the Mall. Of. America. After all.
After joyful greetings and lots of shopping, we piled onto the light rail to get to Minneapolis. 30 minutes later, we were having lunch with aunts, uncles, and cousins at Zelo on Nicollet Mall.
And several hours after that, we were all at my cousin’s wedding, a beautiful and exciting celebration that went late into the night.
Early in the morning, I was awake and off to the airport, but I wasn’t traveling back to London just yet. No, I was leaving my 1 day in Minneapolis to travel to Big Sky, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. To be continued…
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