Two great days full of events with my cousin.
Saturday: Friends of Sandra ( Vivianne and Dalen ) popped in later in the morning and together we
drove through the tunnel over to Windsor ( Canada ). It’s right next to Maidstone in Essex. Yes you
are reading this correctly. My British friends will be confused but in this part of the world Maidstone is
in Essex.
South of Windsor in Amhurstburg we roamed around the old British Fort Malden which was once build
to protect Canada from the US, an event which never happened. Amhurstburg is a lovely town with
beautiful little picturesque buildings where we also had lunch before returning to Windsor. The Queen
Elizabeth Gardens have been worth a visit before driving back into the US.
A short detour brought us to the Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River which connects Lake St.Clair
with Lake Erie. Belle Isle is a 982 acre state park with lots of recreational possibilities for the citizens of
Detroit.
Sunday: Wake up early as after an 45 minutes drive Sandra and I attended the early morning church
service at St.John’s Episcopal Church. In the columbarium of the church both my uncle and aunt are
burried. Being right around the corner from St.John’s we explored the gigantic Detroit Tigers Stadium
and the nearby Fox Theatre, a huge 1920 cinema and theatre building with a fantastic Art Deco facade.
Having headed back to Birmingham to have lunch in a lovely place called appropriately “Toast” for breakfast
or rather Brunch.
Full with new energy the “Henry Ford Museum” was next on the list. This huge in- and outdoor museum
exhibits not only all the airplanes, cars and lorries used or still is producing. IN an outdoor part original historical
buildings like for example Abe Lincoln courthouse, a Cotswold Cottage and other are open to be explored.
As Ford was a close friend of Thomas Edison his Menlo Park engineering sheds and the first power station
are open to be visited. For me it was a bit like walking on memory Lane on this was the first US museum I
visited together with my uncle way back in 1976 during my first visit of the US.
Dark clouds started appearing on the sky so we walked quickly back to our car and reached home just in time.
The rest of day was spent relaxing on the porch with a refreshing drink on hand.
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