The Minnesota State Fair.

On Friday the 27th of August 2010, I was lucky enough to have a Rotarian family take me to the Minnesota state fair. I went with Deb, Doug and their 2 kids, Ben and Ashley. I don't really remember their last names. They were really friendly people, and a lot of fun to be around.
So we left at around 7am, and we reached at around 8am. I expected the fair to be a couple of rides, a couple of food stalls, and some other stuff. Well, it was all that, and a lot, LOT more! The fair was massive. I don't think we managed to see the entire fair despite our 10hrs of backbreaking walking. The entire fair was covered in food stalls. There was so much to eat! The first thing I tried was Scottish eggs. They are basically hard-boiled eggs, covered in sausage and deep friend. Sounds not so appetizing? Well trust me, it definitely is. You'll go crazy after having just one bite.

The biggest Boar

Alpacas!

Anyway, we then went into the barns. Here, people got their farm animals, to showcase in a competition. There were cows, pigs, and anything else u can imagine! The biggest pig there was like 8ft long as weighed 1400 pounds, and I'm not even joking. That thing was like the kingkong of pigs. Good thing it was asleep and oblivious to the hoards of people around it taking pictures and looking at it in disbelief. We walked around a bit and looked at all the animals there. We also went to the 'miracle of birth center' as they call it and saw a couple of pregnant animals, and a couple of new born animals. It was kind of more than my stomach could handle, animals giving birth left right and center. So we briefly stayed there, and then got out.
We then took off towards another direction of the park, eating awesome stuff along the way. I had the best root beer I have ever tasted over here, and the best part was, it was cheap! Stuff in America is pretty expensive. We looked at art galleries, and flowers and a lot more. In most of the buildings, there were people in small stalls, selling their unique products. When I say unique, I mean so-rare-you-will-only-find-it-in-one-place-on-the-earth kind of unique. There was this cloth made out of some crazy material that can soak up like half a liter of pop in 2secs. There was instant snow. a powder, to which when you add water, it puffs up into snow, and is twice its original size. There was this awesome bottle opener that makes opening bottles so much easier. And there was so much more. You wouldn't even be able to begin to imagine the kind of stuff that was there. It was just amazing.

Guy on a unicycle

Jack Sparrow! (and friend)

Then there was a parade, with lots of people doing all kinds of stuff. There were people playing different instruments. People on unicycles. People on stilts. People dressed up. It lasted about 30mins.
After that we went to the games part of the fair. Again there were people in small stalls offering different kinds of games. There was one where u had to knock three blocks off a table using a ball, and guess what, I won it! I won this huge black monkey. It's cool.
Then, the five of us, all tired and weary, dragged our legs back to our car, somehow managed to get in and drive our self back home. It was an amazing experience, and I am very grateful to the people who took me there. I had a nice taste of the spirit of Minnesota that day. It was a lot of fun.