Traveling by car is one of the most convenient ways to get to your destination. Although it seems relatively simple to hop in the car and go, there are many considerations that should be kept in mind to ensure that you have a safe and enjoyable trip.If you are traveling a long distance, one of these considerations is your plan for overnight travel. Different people approach the subject of overnight travel in different ways; some...more
If you are looking for gifts for girlfriend then these beads are a great choice as you can add to her collection again and again which means you need never be stuck for an idea of what to buy on any occasion such as birthdays, christmas, anniversaries. They make wonderful gifts to be worn by women as matching symbols of their friendship or as a sweet but stylish present for your girlfriend, fiancé or wife. Any girl would love a...more
Christmas hampers used to be popular as a convenient way to spread the cost of Christmas food over a year. Each week a small amount of money was paid to a company towards the cost of your hamper, which would contain lots of festive extras such as a Christmas cake, tinned ham and fruit along with wine or spirits.Over the last thirty years or so, the hampers are still a popular choice for Christmas with a lot of people still paying their money every week in return for a hamper. However, the contents of the hampers have altered greatly. We are more discernible when it comes to our food and drink, thinking more about where the food has been sourced from and how it has been produced, as well as the effects on the environment and on our health.There is a growing trend towards organic food as it has been proved that it contains higher levels of vitamin C and essential minerals which, as a nation that is always looking for convenience, we can become depleted in. Organic food can also have higher levels of antioxidants which are nature's defence against cancer.It is always a pleasure to receive a gift hamper which has carefully sourced organic ingredients at Christmas time and...more
After having learned so much about architecture during my morning walking tour of downtown Detroit, we embarked on another urban discovery: a walking tour through Brush Park, one of Detroit's historic residential areas with a location very close to downtown. Bob Goldsmith, our local expert from Detroit Tour Connections, met us at 97...more
After my explorations in Windsor, I had about an hour and a half to explore Detroit on my own before my scheduled driving tour of the city. With its impressive 20th century architectural heritage, Detroit had long fascinated me and I was going to take the next four days to explore this city up close. One of the buildings making up...more
My abode for my last two days in Detroit was the Inn on Ferry Street, a beautifully renovated complex of six historic buildings in the Midtown area of Detroit. It encompasses four mansions as well as two carriage houses that were each built for prominent Detroit families. After many years of languishing, these buildings have been re-functioned into 42 stunning guest rooms.The East Ferry Avenue Historic District is a historic area in Midtown Detroit, which is also referred to as Detroit's Cultural Centre. Well-preserved elegant mansions from the 1880s and 1890s line the streets and recall an era when these villas were owned by some of Detroit's wealthiest citizens. This historic district represents one of the largest and least altered collections of Detroit's leading architects of the late nineteenth century.Midtown, the surrounding area, is also referred to as the "Cultural Center Historic District" because of its large concentration of museums, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Science Centre and the Museum of Contemporary Art...more
One of the main reasons I had come to Detroit was the fantastic architecture that this city has to offer. Detroit celebrated its heyday in the early 20th century when the automobile industry took off, and car ownership became available...more
Finally it was time for another excursion. As a true architecture buff, Detroit had been on my radar for a long time, and I definitely wanted to explore this unique city in detail. So for the last few weeks I had been working with...more
It was barely mid-day by now and we had already seen so much. Our ride on the Number 11 bus had introduced us to some of the city's main sights from the comfort of the upper level of a double-decker bus. And our subsequent walking...more
Regardless of what city I travel to, I always try to build in some sorts of a sports activity, whether it is bicycling, hiking, rollerblading, or - in this case – kayaking! I had tried whitewater kayaking once before in the Canadian...more
Our second day in London greeted us with brilliant sunshine, and even though it was still early May, temperatures in the mid twenties (Celsius, of course) were in store for us. Andrea and I started our day with a nice breakfast at the...more
It's amazing what you can pack into a day: our sightseeing tour on the Number 11 bus had introduced us to some of London's most important sights. During our walking tour we explored Buckingham Palace, the Mall, Trafalgar Square and...more