Courtyard By Marriott Metro-Detroit Airport/Romulus

I am officially on my way to New York City (currently over Michigan!) and the trip is going well so far. The seat next to me on the plane is open, which always a bonus, AND our travel agent gave me a little upgrade which never hurts J

I am going to try to keep this blog as updated as possible… I hope you enjoy it!

Love,

Alexis

After a couple of hectig months we sold our house,filled the POD (container) with all belongings we wanted to keep. Sold, donated and gave away the rest. The POD is in indefinite storage in Michigan giving us time to follow our dreams for a while. First on the agenda is a visit to my sister Yolanda and husband Laron in Washington DC.

... me.

1 - The number of friends who left these shores. Apparently Powney has some copyright issues regarding the 'Richard Powney says' feature and has ended our friendship. If I was on facebook, I would cease to be one of his, 'more than 200'.

4 - The number of run-ins with police/customs officers ...

... to, was meeting Brad. He's a 15-year old Springsteen fan and we met through BTX and tennis (long stoty, never mind). He lives in Detroit and so made it to the pre party and show. Great to finally meet him. Conor you're next, okay? ;)

The show was amazing. But Bruce does need to polish up his geographical skills. He kept referring to Ohio while he was in Michigan. Ah well, he had a classy way around it: "It took me forty years to **** that up". Ha!
Detroit, Michigan, United States mariatillema

... for gifts and souvenirs on the return trip...

There's a old travel rule of thumb..."Never travel with more than you can run with for a quarter mile."

Gotta' work on that.

Thanks to 'Beca, Mark and Layla for their marvelous hospitality! It won't be three years again before we visit. Save the milkweed! Save the Monarchs!

Adeau America!

I am still at home. Only one more week. Being away from my home for three weeks requires a lot of preparation. I even know the movie that are going to have on the Flight. I am tired already!! Since I will be on a plane for almost 24 hours, I am collecting all the necessary stuff needed to be comfortable.

... at the ' International River Front ‘ a well-developed recreational area overlooking the Detroit River and the Windsor City, Canada. The night view of the city and we had some failed attempts at trying to capture it with our cameras. Well I am coming back here!!!!

Moving toward the suburbs, Sachin explained to us the system of the freeways and transport system, which seemed so much simpler and less complicated than Dc. Troy was where he lived ...

I got my upgrade from Detroit to Boston. No such luck on the way to Nagoya, but I arranged a nice bulkhead seat. I sat next to a lady who works for SolidWorks, no relation to The MathWorks, but the sister company of a former employer. We had good conversation and some common connections.

... t mean that in any particular way. It's the trading of intelligence for dollars. It's all because there are a lot of greedy people who are making a lot of money off of this. They have no compunction to elevate or educate; they just want to take their money and throw them on the side. I hate that. I live in Holland where we don't have people sleeping out on the street. You know, it's all what a society wants. It turns out this is what America wants. They wanted ...

You know what's fun? Watching your boyfriend momentarily freak out while he wonders where his bag full of expensive gadgets went while he was getting patted down by an old, gray-haired TSA agent. I mean, being a wonderful, thoughful girlfriend, I had enough sense to hold on to his bag full of goodies (PEBL ...