Minneapolis has two seasons: road removal and snow repair
Steven Brust
So it begins … our first stop is Avi’s hometown and he was very adamant about wanting to spend some time here. So we compromised on staying for a for a week 🙂 … because let’s be real, there are a lot more interesting places than Minneapolis.
Since this is our absolute first post and we have never really written a blog or shared much of our lives on any sort of digital means I (Shy) wanted to cover how we are going to structure each post. For me, its really important to document the following (per person):
- Cost of the total stay in the city
- Amount of time spent
- Lodging / where did we stay
- What did we eat (eating out and groceries)
- What did we do
- How did we get around? (including flights)
- Lastly, but not required, recommendations
Why you ask? Well this is a replacement at the moment to actually living in a city (based out of the US) and renting an apartment etc. Obviously this will cost more than staying lets say in a low cost of living US based city however it allows us to travel. To give ourselves some constraint, we enforce a budget.
Lastly, we’re working remotely while traveling, so some weekdays will be pretty boring :p
Cost
| Dwelling | $288.66 |
| Food | $193 |
| Entertainment | $0 |
| Transportation | $328.30 |
| Total | $809.96 ($115 / day) |
Days
April 6 2019 – April 13
7 Days
dwelled
Avi stayed with his parents.
I stayed at an Airbnb:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/33024279
I think i got lucky with this airbnb, since it was on the cheaper side but was located in Eagan which is ~20 mins outside of the city center.
ate
| Date | Name | Type | Google Maps |
| 4/6 | Hoban | Korean BBQ | https://goo.gl/maps/qVA9aBmPZU62 |
| 4/7 | Wally’s Falafel and Hummus The Red Sea | Greek / Mediterranean Ethiopian | https://goo.gl/maps/WBWV7XuvDhG2 https://goo.gl/maps/38fVzq4UChQ2 |
| 4/8 | Cooked at bnb | – | – |
| 4/9 | Simplee Pho | Vietnamese | https://goo.gl/maps/FvinW7d4Vgk |
| 4/10 | Cooked at bnb | – | – |
| 4/11 | Doolittle’s Woodfire Grill | American / BBQ | https://goo.gl/maps/Ye9RDAmHvDz |
| 4/12 | Bole | Eithiopian | https://goo.gl/maps/BGkqdBScUNk |
4/7/19 – Gyro @ … 
4/9/19 – Pho @ Simplee Pho 
4/12/19 – Mixed @ Bole
did
Walk around Downtown and University of Minnesota
Met some animals
I have to say this was definitely one of the highlights of this trip for me. Got to meet some snakes, rabbits, rats, and more. I’ll let pics do the talking but if you’re really interested in this one, ask us or or leave a comment.
Stayed in because … snow storm in April!
Love the upper midwest 😉 … gotta admit I didn’t see this one coming but we got about 10″ of snow over two days. So, instead of wandering out in the cold slushy spring, we decided to just spend them inside and catchup on some reading. Global warming perhaps?
Transport
Avi had a car at his home base, so he was kind enough to take me places 🙂
We also knew a close friend here, he also put up with us.
Recs.
Honestly, its hard to recommend Minneapolis as a visitors destination for more than a day or two. I didn’t get a chance to go up north towards the lake or be near the woods so can’t really speak to that but its really my only regret. Also not really a big shopper so I stayed the fuck away from Mall of America or any of the outlet malls (seriously those are everywhere).
Thank you for the detailed blog on how to live and where to eat in Minneapolis. I’m impressed to see a mix of ethnic food. Minny is not a meat and potatoes Midwest Town.
Where the animals found at the University or animal rescue facility or are you at a zoo?
LikeLiked by 2 people
Minneapolis is great when it’s not snowing! As for the animals they belonged to a friend
LikeLike
What an exciting drive! The snakes are gorgeous
LikeLiked by 1 person