A Twin in the Twin Cities

I was so busy last weekend I didn't have time to post! Here's some pictures from events and places I went to! Last Friday I joined in the Global Climate Strike in St. Paul organized by Minnesota Youth Climate Strike. Thousands of people marched to the capital building to hear high schoolers and other activists leading the climate action and environmental justice movement. It was so empowering! A group of NSE students took a trip to Minnehaha Falls Parks which is only 20 minutes outside of downtown. Twins Game at Target Field (they won!) This was their last weekend of home games before post-season, so I'm glad I made it out to one with my roommate Tatiana! Saturday - I went Honey crisp apple picking with family at Aamodt's Apple Farm in Stillwater, MN! 

The first home game was a couple weeks ago and it was so fun! They played Georgia Southern and we lead the whole game except for a few minutes in the 4th quarter, but thankfully came back to win! It was weird not hearing Sandstorm, but I started to learn some of the Gopher chants like "Rah-rah-rah! Ski-U-Mah!" The next home game is for homecoming next Saturday!

On Labor Day after NSE Orientation, our group headed to the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul. I was really interested in how it compared to North and South Carolina's. Somehow I didn't take any pictures outside, but it was packed. I saw stands selling nearly every food imaginable, either fried or on a stick; there was so much to choose from! I ended up with an espresso ice cream float.  Butter sculptures: proof the Midwest is very into dairy products. These were all made by high schoolers. Apparently after the fair every year, the sculptors have butter parties where they roast a lot of corn to use it all up? Sounds like a blast to me. One of hundreds of Dahlias inside one of the exhibit halls. I thought they were cool because they looked like flowers straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. Made our way into the livestock building - Go Cocks! (as always) Bonus- I happened upon the campus farmer's market Wednesday, which was a nice reminder of home (no kett