Now that we're headed east we're taking a little break from national parks and we're exploring cities! We started with Minneapolis in Minnesota and that Mall of the America. This mall was incredible. There was an entire theme park in the middle of the mall and more stores than I've ever seen in one mall in my life. It was cool to see, but we didn't stay long since I hate shopping. I really wanted to go on the rides though, but Alex told me they were for little kids. Which they probably were considering they were Dora the Explorer and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed.
After that we rode over to Lake Harriet which we loved! It's a small lake right in the city and reminded us so much of Seattle's Greenlake that we kept thinking we were in Seattle.
Everything was like Greenlake: from being almost exactly the same size, to having a walking trail all the way around it (which totally had the Greenlake power walker ladies!), to having paddleboats and kayaks you can rent, to the cafes and places to eat along the road, to the old houses across the road from the lake to look at. Everything was exactly the same as Greenlake!
Except that they also had this awesome bandshell where they have live, free concerts every day during the summer and sometimes movies. We really wanted to stay for a concert, but decided to head downtown instead. 
Minneapolis as a whole reminded us a lot of Seattle. The city seems pretty healthy and athletic, with people running everywhere in the city and organic ingredients at every restaurant and cafe. Not to mention all the biodegradable forks and recycle bins everywhere! We had fun driving downtown and exploring the city. But sadly enough I didn't find any Finns to talk to... Although I did find a street called Viking St. I didn't see a single Norwegian person there though so it was falsely labeled.
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