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Detroit Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Detroit, United States
Detroit Institute of Art
This is a top pick! ... city. Each wall has a theme: North & South walls - Races that shape North America, the automobile industry, other Detroit industries (chemical, medical and pharmaceutical). East wall - Origins of Human Life and Technology. West wall - Technologies ...
Our Trip to Motown - More Baseball
This is a top pick! ... system for ballparks that we've visited together. From first to worst: Ellen: San Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, San Diego, New York (NL), Oakland Jack: Pittsburgh, Detroit, ...
Travelling Back Home
This is a top pick! ... where many things can go wrong to make it more miserable. This is why I found what happened in the sports bar in Detroit Metro so peculiar to me. I was sitting there with my beer, watching Sportscenter (finally sports...in ENGLISH!) and just ...
Detroit, Detroit, Got a Hell of a Hockey Team
... following me. If the game gets rained rained out, I have already decided to go on to Toronto and come back another day to Detroit. Interesting drive up. Takes about 6 hours, but you lose an hour too. Very pretty I'm sure in the summer and fall, ...
Detroit > Roma
... But first off, let's catch up the first part of the European segment for the Fall of 2006. After a very smooth flight from Detroit to Paris and a short layover for the flight to Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, I arrived in the early afternoon and ...
From Amsterdam to the Motor City
... of arts jayne cortez made the scene with her crazy poetry- making machine & to top it off, making his first detroit appearance in recorded memory, the pride of orange, texas, ladies & gentlemen, that mighty man of music, ...
A long return home
... 24 hours we are home and enjoying stories of our travels with the family. Our path will show a direct flight to Detroit, in reality we connected through Paris again (and thankfully our luggage followed us home this time). Thanks again to everyone ...
Today is the day!
I am packed (had to unpack and repack due to weight - who knew clothes weighed so much). I got up at 4:30 a.m. to finish packing and getting ready ~ we leave Mt P at 10 am -- about an hour and a half from now. The weather in Ireland is still ...
Rock City!
... and it's hard to see a family like theirs go through this kind of thing. In a way, it's prophetic that they live in Detroit, a dying city, and I can only be glad that I got a chance to meet and visit with their father. I've decided to stay an ...
Dinner with My Daughters
... , and Celia will stay with her mother in the little place where she and Sunny and B live in the depths of the east side Detroit ghetto by the satellite state prison near Davison Rd and Mound. When Sunny and B get back on the 29th or 30th of December, ...
The George Clooney Survival Guide in Airports.
... more than 2 hours for my turn to come up. With a sigh of relief the kind officer at the desk allowed me entry to the United States. He checked my papers thoroughly and asked about my job as an IT professional. He shared that he used to be in IT as well ...
Not impressed
Nope the best of days. No shower=no run. The day overall left a lot to be desired. Ah, living the dream. ...
Leaving Motown
Hi Everyone, I am finally done with my residency program after 5 long years. I have everything packed up, ready to drive to LA. My apartment is a complete mess but it totally worth it. I will be driving to ST. Louis ,MO tomorrow ...
At least we're not Detroit
... Then, after eating a Cobb Salad the size of Liechtenstein, we started hearing chirps of tropical birds. Apparently, the Detroit airport has recordings of jungle sounds that they like to play at high volumes throughout the terminals. Not ...
Departure
Dog's in the kennel and we got to the airport early with plenty of time to spare. Took off on time at 7:20 PM without problems. Our bags were packed perfectly,weighing in at 49 pounds per bag (limit is 50). We got advice from other travelers ...
Be it ever so humble...
Up, eat, pack, take off. Jerome was supposed to meet up but we begged off, leaving him a bottle of wine and taking a cab to CDG. The flight was overbooked and it was impossible to change seats. We relied on the kindness of others and succeeded in ...
Get your motor running
... cereal, sausages scrambled eggs and toast plus coffee We head off towards Detroit Canada is not much different in looks to the united states, except for a plethora of Tim Horton donut and coffee take always. We have also noticed take away chip vans next ...
The clock is ticking...
... the infamous eastside bar where the mussels are steaming, the Belgians are boozing, and the featherbowling never stops. Cadieux is a must visit if you are ever in the Detroit area. I'll be there tonight to watch the No Reservations ...
Travel Day...
Leg one of many...Grand Rapids to Detroit. In Detroit I'm meeting up with my college roommate Katie. From there we fly to Los Angeles for a 6 hour lay over, then it's to Sydney! Total travel time is about 36 hours. I sure hope I can ...
It Wasn't Our Fault, but It Was!
We are writing from Detroit, where we landed two hours late after getting our 48 bags onto Delta's small airline. It seems that the luggage bins were so full (the plane was also full, a 50-seater) that they were overweight and had to ask three ...
On our way!
... flight on our way to London. The weather is cloudy but no rain or lightening, YEA! We were a little late arriving in Detroit but were about five minutes early taking off from so it all evened out in the end. I ate my dinner and watched ...
WDET > Peter Werbe > Rock-A-Billy's > Buzz Bar
... and motor out to Oak Park to meet Peter Werbe at WRIF-FM. Werbe is one of a tiny handful of left-wing broadcasters in the United States and he's held down a talk show on local FM giant rocker WRIF for probably 30 years now. He's also the de facto ...
Nippon bound
My flight into Nagoya was scheduled for the afternoon. This gave me plenty of time to get last minute packing done and of course a pedicure. Unfortunately, there was no one available to take me to the airport. So for the first time ever, I called a taxi ...
North to Detroit and a special party
... we went across the river to Windsor, Ontario, Canada for a quick sightseeing drive around mostly the waterfront area, looking across to Detroit. Our good friends from Maui, Al and Lori, had planned to renew their vows and celebrate 25 years ...