Comfort Inn Ann Arbor

Well, it never seems like too much luggage, or maybe it does. But after you have all the stuff packed; small bag, big bag, laptop bag, carryon bag, food bag, two big coats, an extra, extra big coat for a friend from Syria, then, THEN it seems like WAY too mucch luggage. Oy! We could travel with smaller bags, but that would mean we would bring fewer gifts, and have less ...

If you are EVER in the south central Michigan area, definitely, DEFINITELY, visit the Travelers Club and Tuba Museum in Okemos! This great restuarant serves a different ethnic/national food theme each month, in addition to a full line of 'regular' food and beers. HOW'S THIS for a delicious Swedish dinner? We had split pea soup, smoked white fish, pickled herring, rye bread with herb butter, haroset (applesauce, cinnamin and ...

Phew... Going through US Customs was a bit trying... No searching but a lot of questions meant - I supposed - to catch us with something bad... Who knows. We did not loose any meal. We're in the middle of a fairground, with a weak WiFi but OK. The only analog TV channels are from Detroit but the Detroit area offers 22 digital channels, many <br><br>Longer day than expected but we grinded the flying condo to a halt. No problem other than a sticking lock on the propane door.

... each other by the end of the first week or better yet by the time we pull out of our driveway Sunday morning.<br><br>Would appreciate any tips to make life easier along the way so please feel free to share your knowledge and experiences.<br><br>Mr and Mrs Travelalong<br>Tecumseh, MI

... would ever come to be realized.  Between incessant court-dates, elusive probation officers, and my own hemorrhaging of funds from traffic tickets and ubiquitous overdraft fees, my final days in the US felt like a hobble rather than a sprint to the finish.  Intermittently, I felt moments of disdain for the place I was raised.  A string of memorable weekend getaways with accompaniment from Daniel Pachota (born in South Dakota) amounted in my final days of summer, indicative of my longing to ...

It's been one month since I returned to the U.S., and I have missed writing this blog.  I have been slowly reintegrating to the U.S. and even more slowly getting used to living in one place for more than a few days at a time.  I moved into my apartment in Ann Arbor about a week ago, and I&#8217;m having the same kind of thoughts I did at the beginning of my trip&#8212;something along the lines of, Oh My God, am I really doing this?  And so the cycle begins again&#8230; hopefully it will ...

... intellectuals, 'new entrepreneurs' of clean industries, and environmentalists. All of whom seem to have a 'live and let live' attitude toward their neighbors, and a willingness to create systems where by those less fortunate can be helped creatively. This is a comfortably well off area of a state that has been decimated by the changes in our economic system, both from the car manufacturers problems and also from the competition of other countries on all our ...

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Here I sit...I should be reviewing my Spanish. I know it is completely irrational to think that a hour of cramming will truly help me now. At least I remember how to say, "Speak slowly, please." haha. Everyone has been giving me such negative information about S. America (in general, of course, because the whole continent must be the same, just like Africa, right?) that I feel more nervous than I think I ever have for a trip ...

... I love to hear that song. The ironic thing about it is, I'm a blues man. It's about the closest thing to a blues song he ever made, with the snare drum and slide guitar. So I enjoy it on several levels. But most of all, it was my ticket to freedom." Bill Gallagher, a Peabody Award winner, is a former Niagara Falls city councilman who now covers Detroit for Fox2 News. His e-mail address is gallaghernewsman@sbcglobal.net . -Coffeeshop Basjoe Amsterdam June 9, 2007