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Here we find our intrepid travelers, Mark and Paula Persons, in downtown Minneapolis posing beside the bronze statue of Mary Tyler Moore. |
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The couple take the Metro Transit light rail system south for half a day. It is a great example of a clean, efficient, and safe transportation system. Train cars are heated in the winter and cooled in the summer. It is a very good way to get from point A to point B in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. |
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Metro Transit to the
Mall of America from downtown Minneapolis was less than 40 minutes.
Paula is admiring one of the Christmas decorations at the famous Mall of America. |
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Back in downtown Minneapolis, pigeons are feeding on the sidewalk, thanks to generous humans. |
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Evenings in downtown Minneapolis bring on the Holidazzal parade as seen on the Nicolet Mall. |
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A circus train brings the animals. |
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Snow and snowmen are as Minnesotan as Christmas and snow. |
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There goes the Ginger Bread House. |
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Paula, the SCUBA diver, was seen conversing with a shark on the street. |
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WCCO-TV has studios in downtown Minneapolis. Here is the 6 PM newscast as viewed from Nicolet Avenue. The temperature that evening was 6 degrees with a wind chill of -10 degrees. |
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