travel

In June, we took a family trip to Minneapolis. We’d never been before, but I’d heard that it was a family-friendly city, that the weather is summer is beautiful, and that skating around the lakes was a very popular activity. So on a bit of a lark, we packed our skates and headed to MSP. What we found over the course of 5 days is a friendly, flat, outdoor-oriented city that’s perfect for skating in the nice weather. ...

I don’t remember exactly when I first heard about the Pari Roller — the Friday night skate in Paris. It was sometime in the late 1990s, back when inline skating was going strong everywhere. I remember reading that the crowds would reach as high as 35,000 on summer skates, an absolutely astonishing crowd. As a lover of cities and a fan of skating, I was immediately captivated and knew I wanted to participate — someday. ...