http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Michigan , Detroit en-us Fri, 04 Dec 09 21:56:18 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 09 21:56:18 +0000 Norman our car was having problems with his brakes so we got some prices on getting them fixed and then headed to the Henry Ford museum. It was a great place so much to see. It had every sort of historic technology from the model T to tractor and train equipment. It showed how Henry Ford transformed factory working into a production line which was pretty interesting but the best thing of all wa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-444474.html We headed for Detroit in the morning and at last the sun had come out so we went to a place called luna pier on Lake Erie. It was really quiet with nothing open so took some pics and headed for the city. When we got there Detroit seemed to be everything that we had been told. Run down and burnt out. Driving down the main road into the city all you can see is huge buildings that have been left to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-444472.html DetroitDetroit was my first stop in a whizz around the world on this crazy abroad program I am doing this Semester. Detroit was a real trip. I came in with so many negative expectations from the mediathat Detroit was falling to pieces because of the crashing autoindustry that everyone was trying to get out that racial tensions were searing as the black inner city continued to decay that t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-440748.html WOW It's been months since I've done anything travel blog worthy. Maybe I'm just getting old and slowing down But TA'DA ...here's something to add some LIFE I just got a ticket to visit Honduras from December 13 30th Whoohoo I can't wait to be back ... for a VISITI've also moved to DETROIT in the past month I'm interning parttime at a small Christian school help http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-439788.html We're in Detroit waiting to board our plane. Very happy that the hyper 4 yr old twins we encountered are not going to Tokyo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-437415.html Authors NoteThe following going to be a series of essays written about a three month long road trip I took with three of my best friends. All events are as true as I remember them being and all places are as real as you or I. I am sharing these stories with you in the hopes that you can go on your own personal adventure and experience similar discoveries inside and out. Please read and enjoy. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-414609.html Just want to see what it looks like http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-409657.html This is blister 2 Gail I have no idea what day or date it is nor do I care. We started off our trip with some good old primal screaming in the car of course. Everyone needs to try this it is very therapeutic and we are still in Michigan staying at the Marriott. Sue thought I had out done myself because right next to our room is the concierge lounge. Here we were greeted by Sally with all k http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-399834.html Detroit is a metropolitan city in United States of Michigan. This city is very large with several sightseeing articles nightlife attractions and lodging facilities. Whenever I share my feelings with anyone about this city then everyone asked me how you came to know about this city. Then I told them I go to see this great city. While sharing feelings with my friends they asked me that being a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/Redford/blog-395063.html Here we go again see the attached map for a more detailed route guide for the next 14 days. We are in Detroit Airport for a 7 hour layover there are worse airports we could be at. No upgrades on first leg Northwest has really been disgruntled since the Delta acquisition very unfortunate for them and for us as a result. Will work magic on the Detroit Amsterdam leg. We had a bit of hummus a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-393771.html Well I have one week left until I start my new job as a firefighter in Iraq. It is a one year contract where I work for 4 months then I have 10 days RR. I plan on going to many diffrent places in the world during my 10 day RR and I would like to share it with others. So I have started this blog. I will post some pics from my going away party and I will see what pics I have from my trip down to T http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-388205.html The one thing I love about travelling is people watching in airports. Because in general people are very interesting to watch. I think especially in airports where I tend to wonder where everyone is from or where they are all going. Right now I am in the Detroit Airport which is HUGE Concourse A has 78 gates alone. Its nuts and yet the place seems oddly quiet for an airport. I don't kno http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-387961.html When this trip was over and I landed in Detroit to catch my connecting flight to Washington DC I had never been happier to be in Michigan. My immediate rehash of the trip left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. So many things had gone wrong despite the best laid plans of mice and men. I was still missing my boots my cell phone all my pictures the postcards people wouldn't be getting my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-378641.html I can count on one thumb the number of times Irsquove been able to sleep on a plane. Sometimes itrsquos the right thumb sometimes itrsquos the left but either way I look at it itrsquos only one of them. Since my flight had me leaving Detroit at night and landing in Frankfurt in the morning I came up with the grand idea that I would go to bed at 6 pm the night before my flight and wa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-378630.html DIA's 'Monet to Dali' is magicalOriginally printed 11062008 Issue 1645 Between The Lines NewsOriginally published at httpwww.pridesource.comarticle.shtmlarticle32848By Anton AnderssenLove is an art and art is a love. When the two are intertwined a moment of magic occurs. Capturing emotion and transfixing it into tangible form requires genius and such objets du dsir are rare indeed. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-376060.html My flight from London Heathrow was delayed by about three hours so I missed my connecting flight in Detroit. Now I'm stuck here trying to stay calm because I just want to go home The wind is so freakin' cold it practically burns my skin.I'm sitting in a huge van a shuttle that's taking me to a Best Western down the road. The airlines is putting me up in a hotel for the night. To my right is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-368460.html Just wanted to send out some truly heartfelt congratulations to my bestest friend back in the states Christina and her new fiance Keith on their recent engagement I am so happy for you two I know that you are perfect for each other and you will have many many years of happiness ahead of you I am hoping that I will be back home so that I can join you on your special day...Miss you both http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-352274.html Our annual baseball and arts roadtrip took us to the city of Detroit. I'd been there once for work and didn't care for it too much. But for the sake of getting another ballpark out of the way I was willing to give the city another chance. The trip also went through Indianapolis IN Windsor ON Lansing MI South Bend IN and Omaha NE. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-334799.html As most of Tuesday 916 was taken up by driving to Detroit we decided to get tickets to visit the museum for Wednesday September 17. We were surprised and very happy to find that with a Verizon phone the audio tour of the museum was free Apparently they have a deal set up with Verizon to allow customers to dial THF 843 3134834098 for nonVerizon and then enter individual item num http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-327703.html 4th July 2008Yesterday after our trip to Peele point we were all hungry and Amy had spotted Shermans resturant almost next to the Ramada Inn where we where staying. Despite our original misgivings it turned out very well. I managed to get a roast beef dinner with a salad bar starter for 1175 less than six pounds and also had apple crumble and ice cream. The others all manged to find soups a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Detroit/blog-296107.html