Coming from the Twin Cities, Fargo-Moorhead felt like a really small town to me when I first got to Concordia. My girlfriend, on the other hand, came from Langdon, North Dakota (a town of about 1,700) so to her, Fargo-Moorhead felt like a huge city. To be honest, we were both right. Moorhead is a small enough town where you can figure out directions quickly and rarely ever hear a police siren. On the other hand, Fargo is big enough to have some well-known bands come and play shows here. Needless to say, you can also always find something to do.
In the Cities, one of my favorite pastimes was going to rock shows, and that was one thing that I thought I was going to have to forfeit when I came up here. Luckily, I was wrong. Since Fargo is the biggest city in North Dakota, tons of bands stop by and play shows. (Some of the most notable ones were MxPx, Yellowcard, Boys Like Girls, and even Bon Jovi). This past week Boys like Girls played at the Venue.
Now when I first heard about this show Marisa and I were thinking that we probably wouldn’t go to it because we went to see them in the Cities earlier this year. (See the blog “When life gives you oranges…”). (more…)
Most people chose to go to a warmer place over spring break but I chose to drive to the cities with a few of my international friends because that was the only trip I could afford. We left Moorhead on Saturday morning. My mom made us some very delicious pancakes and we headed out. An hour or so later, we came by Freeport - a very small town - and spotted a really pretty church in town.We decided to get off the highway and go check out the church. We didn’t however get to go into the church because someone was getting married and we decided it would be rude if we interrupted the wedding just to go see the church. We decided to get back on our way to the citied. We got there around 2:30 p.m. and went straight to our friend’s apartment that we were staying with for the weekend. We hung out there for a little bit and then went out to eat EGYPTIAN food. It was awesome. Halfway through the meal, Naren told us that the buffet cost $25. Even though I did not believe him I think I lost most of my appetite.Then he took us to an Indian grocery store and I was so excited/ surprised to see all these Indian people in one place and hundred of Indian movies available for rent. That night Naren and Buddhinie made us some really delicious Sri Lankan food.The next day we went to see the St. Paul Cathedral, it was absolutely stunning. The interiors were engraved with lots of writing, most of which I couldn’t figure out. There were beautiful stain glass paintings on every window of the cathedral. That night I tried ice skating for the first time ever. I was very scared to put on the skates but I was surprised I could actually stand up without having to hold on to anything. 
