Value Hop - 80% FREE

This is art weekend in Minneapolis. A 3-fair bonanza is currently underway at two parks and one street in the city's uptown neighborhoods. Getting to these fairs is easy even if you don't drive, or at least that's what the city's rapid transit system claims. Getting on one of the Art Hop buses revealed a story quite different from the "air conditioned comfort" advertised on the Metro Transit's website. It was more like being hauled from one fair to another. Any guesses why? The ride was FREE.

The rush is unbelievable. A fraction of the people ride the buses on other days. In this pic, we've been packed quite uncomfortably to each other and dangerously close to the back door. And did I hear this lady in front say, "...just like in India!"

Videos from the art fair in another post...soon.