I spent the day today travelling to St. Paul, Minnesota for the Collegebowl National Championship tournament to be held at Macalester College. We arrived in rainy weather and checked in to our hotel. I had time for a quick workout in the fitness center before the 11 of us here piled into our van for a trip to the Mall of America for dinner.
The Mall of America is the largest shopping mall in the U.S., with over 500 shops and stores, a dozen nice restaurants, and a full fledged amusement park in the middle.
After dinner our group split up. Some rode the roller-coasters, some shopped. I decided to see the whole mall. I walked once around the mall on each of the three levels, a total of almost 2 miles. I also stopped to buy a small bag of the local Minnesotan treat, cheese curds, to share with my colleagues. Cheese curds are lumpy chunks of newly formed cheddar that have not been pressed together to form blocks or wheels of cheese. I understand the locals love them battered and deep-fried. What's not to love?!
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