Welcome to America
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
If you want a "history of America" experience, try the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Detroit suburb of Dearborn. That will consume a good part of a day. At the top of Michigan is Mackinac Island, a trip back in time: no automobiles allowed on the island. Horse carts, expensive hotels. An enjoyable day spent relaxing, but it will take a large portion of the day to drive there. Chicago has a LOT going for it. I would concur that the Museum of Science and Industry is good. Shedd Aquarium is one of the better aquariums in U.S. Tour Wrigley Field to see a proper baseball environment. The soaring skyscrapers contrasting with flat Lake Michigan; the architecture is interesting. In fact, the Oak Park suburb has many homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Pizza. My personal recommendation for pizza is the "pot-pie" at 2121 N. Clark St.: Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders. The restaurant is the basement of a building across the street from where the St. Valentine's Day Massacre occurred: nope, nothing left to see of the warehouse where that occurred. Don't skip the Mediterranean Bread!
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
Lived in the Second City for five years. If you want to date it, I "marched in Skokie". Mrs. still has friends there
Points of interest:1. Two Nazi parties, hate each other as much as they hate everyone else.
2. Many roads go north-south - but East West seems to be a challenge for them
3. Winter: as devoid of thermal excitation as the dextro-mammary of a female necromancer.
4. Cab drivers (were) polite drivers - made up for by the rest of the drivers.
5. Chicago Pizza - it can be very good - but it's not pizzaI'd best stop before I get critical.
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"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
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My gf says Belle Isle Park (982-acre island featuring trails, an aquarium, museum, conservatory, golf course & playground.) is nice to visit. Otherwise, maybe take a quick jaunt over to Canada, assuming the lines of mass exodus aren't too long. ;) Marc
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The Art Institute is on Woodward Ave. Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Mexican town has 2 good restaurants (Xochimilco and El Zocalo) from my memory. Cruise Lake Shore Drive in the Grosse Pointes. The downtown is interesting. Cranbrook and some lovely homes in Bloomfield Hills. Birmingham and Royal Oak are fun towns. I grew up in Detroit. I now live in Chicago.
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
Can't speak to Detroit since I've never been there, but Chicago is a different matter.. Sears Tower. Very cool. Even cooler in the evening when the sun sets and you can see the city lights stretch out before you. Museum of Science and Industry. My all time favorite. The coal mine tour is not to be missed.. unless you're ever likely to make it to a real one :) O'Hare.. bah, it's nice enough, but it's just an airport. Just wait to see it when you have to change planes there someday. I'm not sure there's much to see until you're through security anyway. There might be a ferry across Michigan. I know there's one to Milwaukee, so there's probably also one to Chicago. The one to/from Milwaukee is on my bucket list but I've yet to figure out why I'd want to go Michigan. On the other hand, Hell might be worth visiting, if only to pick up a T-shirt :)
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
US car companies
Now you know why I am here.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
US car companies
Now you know why I am here.
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So I arrived yesterday in Detroit for my first time in the USA ( actually first time in the continent). I am going "Wow, this is big" for about everything for the moment (roads, cars, hotel rooms, ...)- stereotypes, here we go -, but I think I will slowly get used to it. Something worth seeing in Detroit or in the area that I should not miss ? I'll be staying until end of next week, so the oncoming weekend will be dedicated to visiting. I was thinking driving over to Chicago (maybe seeing O'Hare in real life, after hundreds of flight simulator hours trying to land on it when I was little :rolleyes: ) to get the big-city-with-tall-towers-kind-of-feeling.
Rage wrote:
"Wow, this is big"
Interesting, the US shares much in common with France in this respect, big shopping centers, big roads, etc. If you are in Chicago then a visit to an old style Blues Bar is recommended.
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Can't speak to Detroit since I've never been there, but Chicago is a different matter.. Sears Tower. Very cool. Even cooler in the evening when the sun sets and you can see the city lights stretch out before you. Museum of Science and Industry. My all time favorite. The coal mine tour is not to be missed.. unless you're ever likely to make it to a real one :) O'Hare.. bah, it's nice enough, but it's just an airport. Just wait to see it when you have to change planes there someday. I'm not sure there's much to see until you're through security anyway. There might be a ferry across Michigan. I know there's one to Milwaukee, so there's probably also one to Chicago. The one to/from Milwaukee is on my bucket list but I've yet to figure out why I'd want to go Michigan. On the other hand, Hell might be worth visiting, if only to pick up a T-shirt :)
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
To go from Detroit to Chicago, consider the train. Amtrak goes from just north of downtown Detroit right into Chicago's loop. Driving into Chicago is a real gamble on traffic.