The Apple - Microsoft Store battle

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OK logo

Left Apple - Right MS

Where are the customers? - those tables look familiair

Packed the whole day long...

Funny - the Microsoft store Store looks like a copy of the Apple stores - without the buyers that is and the materials are crappy...

This doesn't look good for Obama in a election year...

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The Mall Of America

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The claim to be the biggest mall in the world. With an indoor theme park and more then 500 stores it is easy to believe - this is HUGE. (As is the transformer on top of the Lego store, completely build of lego)

Holidazzle

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Every season the colorfull parade will pass by on Nicolett Mall in Minneapolis: the Holidazzle. Young and old are wating in the sky walk (outside is to cold with temperatures of about 5F and a chill factor of even lower temperatures) to get a glimpse of the dozens or so fluorescent cars and people coming by.

The Swedish American Institute

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Här i Minnesota bor många amerikaner från Svenska ursprung. Det finns svenska byn (St. Olaf!) och människor ser skandinavisk ut. Så där det är logiskt om det Sedish American Institute är här också.  
Tyvärr ingen person talade Svensk... :-)

At the Minneapolis Institute of Art

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If you ever want to study the History of Art you must come to the MIA. Here they have a perfect example of all the great art in the world. And if I say ALL, I mean ALL. Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Mondriaan, Picasso, Rodin, Greek, roman, Japanese you name it: they have it. And most of the time a very best piece as well.
It was really fun to wonder around and to rediscover some historical perspective. The MIA is huge so even I needed an hour or two to see it all :-)

At the Walker art center

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The walker art center is well known for its innovative presentations. It has a groovy building and in it is an adventure to discover art in at it forms - print, sculpture, video, fashion you name it. This is how a modern museum should be - it also has an excellent restaurant with a great view on the Minneapolis skyline.

The twin cities discovered

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St. Paul Cathedral

Minneapolis

The weather is great - very cold (10F) but sunny. Minneapolis and St. Paul have a rich cultural life and a couple a great art museums which we want to visit.

2552 miles to go...

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The Great River Road Trip 2011

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We are on our way to Minneapolis to start our Mississippi Trip. 10 states in 20 days, freezing cold - but should be fun :-)

We arrived after a pleasant journey

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Everything went smooth as a baby and we are set in our Hotel (The Marquette - what's in a name...) Our car for the coming three weeks is a JEEP Liberty (and again... what's in a name? ;-) )

Wanted? A violent gang?

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Nope: this are members of the new Belgium Government. The Belges had to wait almost two years - but now they must be very happy with these guys...

Pleae let me help you vote...

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And this is the way Putin won again the Russian Elections...

Fanny, Alexander och Jag

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Min Julpresent var filmen Fanny och Alexander av Ingrid Bergman. Det är en ny 5 delar version - Filmen hade nypremiär i en 312 minuter lång version 17 december 1983 och är den dyraste spelfilm som har spelats in i Sverige.
Filmen utspelar sig i Uppsala under åren 1907–1909 och kretsar kring den förmögna familjen Ekdahl som domineras av en rik och begåvad änka samt hennes tre söner. Filmen nominerades för sex Oscar 1983 och vann fyra... Jag är jätte nyfiken.