MSP

MSP - not the artificial flavoring in cheap Chinese food and Hint of Lime Tostitos (that's MSG), but traveller's lingo for the airport at Minneapolis/St. Paul and our current home away from home (we've been there 5 times this month)! MSP rates rather high in our book among airports as it's new, clean, airy, has decent food options, and plenty of seating. It is also inhabited by many friendly Minnesota moose. However, it can be a rather long hike from one end to the other, and the shuttle trains between sections are not as well designed as those at some airports.



From MSP you can catch a ride on the nice new light rail system that connects the airport to downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America. During one layover at MSP we took advantage of this convenient train to go meet Ryan for dinner (Ryan is our friend and was our wonderful tour manager during our month-long tour in February - you know he was super cool since only a week later, we still wanted to see him again!)

But our real airport home base is LGA (La Guardia) - New York's smallest aiport but the closest and most convenient to our apartments. JFK has many more airlines and international departures, EWR is newer and snazzier, but LGA means home and that's where we're headed today! Yay!