Other treasures at the Mississippi

Real Dutch windmill at the border of the Mississippi at Fulton

Inside the Wells Fargo Bank in Davenport

The first Mormon "Temple" in Nauvoo - we were not allowed in...

John Woods; Mansion in Quincy
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Galena - US Grant hometown


US Grant was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) and lived in Galena, a town that became wealthy because of the (lead rush mid 19th century) It was at its time the biggest city of Illinois and still has a nice authentic look and feel.
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And down south we go...


Lot's of bald Eagles along the river - hunting for fish - awesome view!

Pikes Peak

Me and Mark Twain discussing literature
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Stcckholm och Amsterdam ligger bara 10 mil från varandra

66 invånare?
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Some stuff along the river



White Eagle eating a rat at the American Eagle Center
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Along the River Mississppi




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The Apple - Microsoft Store battle

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


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The Mall Of America



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)
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Holidazzle

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.
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The Swedish American Institute



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... :-)
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At the Minneapolis Institute of Art




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 :-)
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At the Walker art center


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.
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The twin cities discovered

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.
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2552 miles to go...


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The Great River Road Trip 2011


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



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? ;-) )
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Wanted? A violent gang?

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...
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Pleae let me help you vote...

And this is the way Putin won again the Russian Elections...
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Fanny, Alexander och Jag

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.
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