Day 9: Fort Snelling

After a slow morning, with a much needed visit to a coin laundry, we decided to learn some more American history and therefore went to Fort Snelling south of Minneapolis. It was built 1820 as a northwest defense against the British. The fort was used until after the World War II. It is now a "living history" museum, with guides both acting and dressed as 1820. It is a really fun place actually! They showed not only the life of the soldiers but also the life of the women and kids that lived in the fort. The photo shows Filip doing a typical kid's work in 1820. In the end we also saw them fire a real cannon!

In the evening we went to a restaurant, Famous Dave's, that was recommended by the hotel. Kind of funny, we go more than 1000 miles to see "Swedish country", only to end up at a Southern Barbeque restaurant! Luckily, the food was good....