Sunday in Minneapolis

I registered early for the SME Meeting this morning, after a very cold minus 9 C half mile walk from my hotel to the Convention Centre.

Later in the morning it was a balmy minus 6 so I took a long walk along the western bank of the Mississippi River. Minneapolis is a very attractive city, helped a great deal today by the blue sky and sunshine, and yesterday's heavy snowfall.

Many people have been delayed by yesterday's bad weather, so there was noticeably fewer people at the late afternoon reception and exhibition opening. It will be interesting to see what the turnout is like during the week, and how it compares with previous years.