There is nothing particularly amazing that happened when I was there.
It’s just the feeling of returning home to were you once lived. My trip starts
at Helsinki airport where I take a struggling 9 hour flight all the way to
Minneapolis airport were I meet my dad. I do the flight alone with my younger
brother. I’ve traveled alone many times but I always have butterflies in my
stomach and the feeling that I’m going to miss my flight. When I meet up with
my dad we started driving home, but we stopped and get something to eat (fast-food)
that they don’t have in Finland.
The first couple of days there was just relaxing and getting used to
everything. After that the baseball season starts, which is one of the main
reasons why I went there. Baseball is my favorite sport. I love watching it and
playing it. When I was there, I, my dad and my brother went to a major league
baseball game which was really exciting. The game was tied most of the time,
with one team getting in the lead and then the other team tieing it up again. The stadium has an amazing 39504 seats so you
can imagine the noise. We got to the stadium early so the gates were still
closed. The big lines were just waiting to get in. When the ticket collectors
came to open the gates everyone cheered and rushed in. When you walked around
the stadium you could see all the different foods and hear the sellers trying
to sell shirts and hats.
But enough on baseball, if you haven’t noticed I’ve been saying a lot
about food. My favorite place we went to eat was a BBQ restaurant called
“Famous Dave’s BBQ”. The name tells it all and the food is the best. The food
is traditional American. They serve pork ribs, chicken or beef briskets with you
choice of BBQ sauces (and my favorite cornbread). The restaurants are decorated
with old pictures and paintings which gives a traditional feeling to the place.
Also from inside the restaurant looked like a log cabin.
Also the weather in Minnesota is something I loved. The humidity on
sunny days and the lighting storms that went on for even a whole day. The weather
was mostly sunny. The humidity was so strong when you got out of the house or
car with air-conditioning, the heat wave will hit you and would make you feel “lazy”,
like staying in a hot tub for a long time and just wanting to lie down. The
storms were continues and usually came at night. You could hear the thunder continuously
every minute or so, shaking the windows and making a loud boom.
In the end I encourage people to go see Minnesota at some point in their
life. You can see the city, the food, or the wild life they have it all!
