I'm feeling very luxuriated. Butch and I w spent a wonderful day exploring St. Paul. Our hotel room overlooks the Mississippi River and is in the heart of downtown. We got up late and walked to the Farmer's Market in Lowertown part of St. Paul. It was very impressive as we sampled our way around the city block area of mostly vegetable stands intermixed with cheeses, breads, flavored dips, various flavored hummus, jelly and jam, honey, and maple syrup. They also had great coffee, cooked corn on the cob and fresh spring rolls that we purchased. A very interesting breakfast. Besides great looking food they had beautiful bouquets of fresh flowers which many people were buying.
From there we walked across the bridge to an area called Rivertown, which is a restored area of tree-lined parks, large areas of open green space. We than crossed back over to the downtown side of the river and walked to Mickey's Diner for a real breakfast (even though it was lunch time). Not exactly a vegetarian menu I was happy to try it as a St. Paul landmark. And serving breakfast all day is a real plus.
From there we went to the Museum of Science and saw an Omni film on the Mayans and than went through their special exhibit on the Mayans. Got back to the hotel for a rest at 4:00, but before that got to do FaceTime with Eytan.
Now it's time to pack up before going out for dinner. I'll be going to sleep shortly after dinner. The plan is to get up by 5:00, to leave here by 5:30 and bike to join Hazon at their starting point at Beth Jacobs Synagogue in the suburbs.
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