Having great days with my cousin !
Each day we left after a leisurely breakfast to walk a bit on memory lane and due some chores like
returning books at the library in downtown Birmingham. Yes, Birmingham still has a walkable down-
town with a nice park just in front of the city hall, nice shops and, I couldn’t believe it, some really
nice street cafes. No Starbucks in downtown Birmingham !
On Friday Sandra had to pop into work for an hours so she dropped me at the really posh Somerset
Mall where I roamed around for the time. Whilst there are some very local shops most of the others
if not all are ones we have in the UK as well. The world becomes more and more uniform.
After this little excursion I was picked up by my cousin and we drove to Meadowbrook Hall, the
former home of the Dodge family. The Dodge brothers started as a supplier to the automobile industry but
started building cars in 1915. After their sudden death in 1920 the company was sold and ended up with
Chrysler which is now a part of FIAT.
The home was build as a typical english country house and is bigger then the White House in Washinton
( thats at least what the guide told us ) and is surrounded by lovely gardens.
So far the days have been blessed with very nice weather: blue sky and lots of sunshine with temperatures
around 27-28 C. Very pleasant.
Lets see what we are going to do over the weekend. Check back !
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