Twin Cities.

We raced up to the Twin Cities for Memorial Day weekend (and crawled home today past too many accidents on I-94 and too many tired families outbound from Wisconsin Dells). We spent most of the day Saturday biking through downtown Minneapolis–20 miles or more in all, which felt farther in the heat—and swimming in Lake Calhoun. In the evening, we showered and tossed on some nicer togs to go see the Minnesota Orchestra perform Dvorak’s Serenade in D minor for wind instruments (lovely but a little sedate for my tastes) and Bela Bartok’s Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, which Bernd loathed and I absolutely loved for its chaotic energy. We didn’t stay for Stravinsky’s Petrushka on Bernd’s insistence. I like Stravinsky, myself. Oh well!

On Sunday, we lazed in the morning and then met up with friends for coffee before hitting up the Minnesota Science Museum, which was all kinds of fun.










Scary stuff.


Alligator chomp!