After breakfast we re-checked to another hotel next to the City Centre - Residence Inn Marriot that was to be our home-sweet-home for the next 14 days (breakfast remains the same). We left our bags in the hotel and headed towards exploring the city. The downtown is very pretty with hanging flower pots, tall buildings, impressive skyways, inviting eateries and some shopping malls dotting the place. We passed a Target store and decided that we could always come back – let’s explore further
We decided to go to Minnehaha Falls and took the Light Rail 
(Metro Transit) that took us to the suburbs – the REAL Mid West – very 
wide roads, big vehicles zooming past and large suburban homes reminded me somewhat of Palm Meadows at Whitefield. The Minnehaha Park and Falls was nothing very impressive to write about – pretty ordinary, actually Lal Bagh in Bangalore is far far superior. We had lunch at the nearby Burger King, where Hemanth - a pure bred Kannadiga vegetarian had grilled chicken burger with diet coke; he is watching his weight these days. On our way back we saw a couple of bikers in their Harley Davidson – that was definitely a pure Mid Western experience!
Just to add something important - Vinay wrote that our maid is back in action - Yahoooooo!!
Just to add something important - Vinay wrote that our maid is back in action - Yahoooooo!!
4 comments:
Hemanth and Chicken - NO WaY!!! What are you doing to him CS?
:) Sounds like you are having fun.
Great going Hemanth!!! Proud of you. We all are looking for more & quick updates about the fun piece you guys are having.
Is the Minnehaha Park and Falls named after Minnehaha 'Laughing Water', Hiawatha's girlfriend? Dunno if you had this book of poetry in school but we had this poem in our course called 'Hiawatha's Wooing' by Henry W Longfellow.
I think so - there was a road in front of the falls called Hiawatha Avenue. You learnt all that in Elective English in school while I stared at boys from the near by boys school.
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