Festival of Nations

The Festival of Nations is held in St. Paul, at the RiverCentre
every year during May, this year was the 80th anniversary
of celebrating ethnic cultures in Minnesota

we arrived early (a good thing with little people) and browsed the food cafe, the bazaars, took in some entertainment and did the passport project

the kids were wowed by all the stunning costumes, at times they simply didn't know where to look next

Cassandra and I at the Italian booth
Anytime and activity requires traveling to the cities I know it's going to be a long day.
Mix in little people and one never quite knows how the day will turn out.  They did well, I think arriving early helped, but by mid afternoon it was time to call it quits, even a few of the adults were ready to leave
I managed to drive out of St. Paul without any side trips only to drive into a wicked storm system near the airport, sigh white knuckle driving for far longer than I care to ever drive in again (almost to St. Peter)
Cassandra pulled up the radar on my phone and her quiet murmur of "oh dear that doesn't look good" had me instantly alert, and bother it didn't look good.  Thankfully the kids were all asleep and thus didn't add their own blend of worry to that part of the trip.
It was a fun filled, full, exhausting, amazing day!