90 days in Minnesota

 

When I first talk to people about moving to Minnesota, more than ninety percent of people asked me why Minnesota? All I heard was only about Minnesota winter. Well…that didn’t stop me not to move to Minnesota because I personally like winter. Believe it or not? Ninety days in Minnesota has taken my breath away every single day with its beauty. I completely fell in love with Minnesota and it became my new favorite place in the whole wide world. It was the best decision of coming here.

Blue Sky Minnesota

I first arrived in Minnesota in mid-July which was about 90 days ago. I was amazed by the beauty of the summer here. The green field of grass and trees behind my apartment was just unexplainable beauty, the sky of Minnesota was so blue, the color that I have never seen before. I was visiting family who are living in Lake Minnetonka and I had a chance to see the sunset there. I could not put my phone down because I was constantly non-stop taking picture. Minnesota summer was the most beautiful summer time I have ever experienced in my life

When fall arrived 45 days ago in mid-October. I thought I was awakening to a painted picture. I could not believe my eyes how this could be real. Minnesota was full of colors. The mixed of trees turned into red, yellow, pink and some were still green that covered the whole city in an unbelievable stunning beauty. I took a bus to the University of Minnesota every morning and saw those trees from the bus window change every day. This just made my day. Many times on the way home from class, I decided to walk so I could absorb the beauty and put the images inside my head as a memory for my life that I have experienced the nature of Minnesota.

Minnesota Winter Wonderland

About three weeks ago, Minnesota started the winter season with a big first snow storm. I heard people complained that they are not ready yet for winter. The opposite again for myself, I was so excited for the first snow of the season. That night when snow storm arrived I was awake until 3 am just to see the first snow fall. It wasn’t my first snow I have seen in my life, but it seems like my first snow fall whenever snow is falling. I just love snow so much and I act like a kid who got a candy whenever I see snow fall from the sky. I have built 3 snow men so far and I am having fun with the freezing cold by making many colored ice balls. Minnesota is a winter wonderland to me and winter is and always will be my favorite season.

My Ice Ball

There is no place like Minnesota and I don’t understand why many people don’t love it here. Have those people ever been here? I guess not, because if they had been here they would know that Minnesota is much more than a cold winters. Ninety days were enough for me that this was one of the best decision I made.

Sunset at Minnetonka Lake