Traveling: Canada & USA 2017

Friday, 27 October 2017

Canada & USA 2017 - Part 1

Flying To Detroit

Saturday - September 9th 2017

Ten years ago my wife Claudia and I lived for half a year in Ohio, because we spent a semester at the Bowling Green State University. Back then we met many wonderful people and with some of them we are still in contact. Although we visited them in 2013, we thought that ten years later would be be the perfect time to visit our friends again. Since Ohio is not known for a tourist destination, we decided to take a trip to Canada too. So this vacation was a trip down memory lane, because we had been to all the places ten years ago.

Our flight to Detroit was departing Sunday morning from Munich airport and so Saturday afternoon we drove to the airport. There we checked in into the Novotel Munich Airport Hotel. After we refreshed a bit we took the train into the city, where we had dinner at Hans Im Glück Burger Grill restaurant and some drinks at the Hard Rock Cafe. Back at the hotel we had a good night's drink at the hotel bar.

Sunday - September 10th 2017

Today we had to get up early to catch our Delta flight to Detroit. After we checked out we headed to the airport, went through security and then we got coffee and pretzel for breakfast until it was time for boarding. Our flight left one time and eight hours later we arrived in the USA. Surprisingly immigration didn't take very long and soon we were on our way to the rental car center. There we picked up our KIA Optima and drove to our Bed & Breakfast.

Lunch oboard

For our first night in the US we stayed at The Inn On Ferry Street, which was really nice. Once we dropped our stuff in our cosy room, we drove to Whole Foods Market to buy some groceries and to get something for dinner. Back at the B&B we took the complimentary shuttle service into the city. There we had some welcome drinks at the Hard Rock Cafe and later we just walked around Detroit. To my surprise the city was much nicer than expected. I guess the hard times after the financial crisis are finally left behind. Since the jetlag was kicking in we called the shuttle service and returned to the hotel.