Blogs from Minnesota, United States, North America - page 71

Am in St. Paul, MN. Last night, I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert. That was amazing! Talk about a rock opera. There's just no other way to describe it. They never took a break and it ended up being a 3 hour show. Such incredible voices, deep, rich voices by those who sung. And then there was the music. Amazing musicians of electric guitar, piano, organ, violin, all combined for this loud, upbeat show coupled with an amazing light show. Can't say enough about it. It was their last show for this tour and I don't believe they start touring again until early winter 2007. Wasn't able to take pictures so have nothing to upload right now. I will definitely be back to see them again next year. Yesterday morning, I left Fargo, ND and ... read more

Ok, yes yes yes. I havent done a blog entry for ages. After all the excitement of the blogs in California i'm sure you were all expectring the fireworks and the such to continue right back till blighty. Well, as it worked out on 24th November i flew 2 Frontier airlines flights from San Fransisco - Denver - Minneapolis. Respectively these were with Larry the Leopard and Foxy the Fox (all the Frontier airline planes are mascoted by animals. As you can see the brainstormers ran out of ideas when naming the fox plane - just a bit). So what have i been up to since arrival in this part of the worls and why on earth did i go there. Well, those with good memories will remember Laurel from earlier blogs from our heady days ... read more

Leaving the USOut of MPLS with nothing but backpacks. Off to visit friends and family in South Dakota, Colorado, Montana and Oregon. Goodbye house, goodbye job.... read more

Had a really enjoyable day today. Last night I had a college reunion which was a lot of fun. I lived in Minneapolis for about a year over 10 years ago now, and the area has changed much since I lived here. Decided today to go see some of the sites and refresh my memory. Didn't have a lot of time because of other commitments but wanted to see some of the churches that I vaguely remembered from when I lived here. The day was a little cool but still no snow which was nice! First, drove over to St. Paul to take a look at St. Paul's Cathedral. St. Paul's sits on a hill near the Minnesota Capitol. It's apparently the highest point in St. Paul and it towers over everything with its massive dome. ... read more

I'm going rural Nebraska. Hmmm.....rural Nebraska. Aside from travelling, I can't stop my personal geneology search either. This trip will take me to such exciting ports of call as Silver Creek, Davey, and Unadilla, Nebraska to photograph tombstones. Not because its October or because its a creepy/cool thing to do, but because I think I can get a lot of pieces to my puzzle by doing so. There are a lot of dates that I am missing and I am running out of people to ask. The resources I have are pretty extensive but time consuming to find and there is also a lot of question as to whether these are the correct matches etc. . I figure a gravestone doesn't lie (not usually anyway). I've located some of the cemeteries and start out to find ... read more