Hello everyone….

If you are new to Minnesota, this is the best time to walk and hike as much as you can before the cold winter arrives.

Well, my week has been so busy with assignments, projects and a midterm coming up next week in my Risk Analysis class. This is a great class; I am enjoying it very much, but the midterm is bothering because I will not have much time to study for it (I guess it is my fault.) This week, the Environmental Division had a Happy Hour at Sally’s; it was very fun, we met other EH fellows, talked to professors and ate probably more than a hundred buffalo wings. So inclusion of all these business and extreme stress – I am still loving it.

I hope you have a chance during last week to visit some of the locations I’ve mentioned. I received some emails about where to go; I love it when I received emails like that, so please send me an email if you have any question(s).

Alright…let’s begin our next tour around St. Paul. If you actually know who I am, I bet you probably feel my enthusiasm as you read this touring blog. Ok, we were at University Avenue last time – now, we should head to downtown St. Paul. Downtown St. Paul is less crowded comparing to Minneapolis. If you like to walk around, I would recommend by the river close to Radisson hotel. It is very beautiful and romantic at night. There is a farmer market that gathers every Saturday, lot of buildings, some stores, and MDH is right by downtown.

From here you can find your way to Grand Avenue; this is an upscale specialty street where you can find lots of specially stores, restaurants (Café Late is a great place to eat), and many other things to do. On this street you can also find ethnic restaurants from Thai, Vietnam, India, China, Japan…etc. There is also a Tea Garden; they make very good smoothies and other drinks, but I find it expensive (~$5.00 a drink.) Since you’re here on Grand, you should also explore Summit Avenue near University of St. Thomas; this is a very beautiful street with huge older mansions and big trees. Walking down this street during this Fall season is so romantic and relaxing – trust me.

I think that would be good for this side of the city, there are much more, but at least those are the places I usually go with friends. We’ll continue our tour the next time.

I hope to see you all tomorrow Thursday 10/04 from 8:00-9:30AM across from Student Support Services for International Students Gathering. Come to meet others International Students or for a hot cup of tea and very delicious pastries.

See you all there.

Best,

Thuy