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Colorful Michigan…

Hi everyoneJ
It is almost November - it is getting colder and colder in Michigan, there is already frost during the night and my internship is already halfway done. I cannot believe that the time has passed so fast.
During the last weekends Nicole and I were traveling to Canada and up-North, where we were able to enjoy the colorful trees and the changing vegetation.

At Nicoles’ first weekend we travelled to Toronto with her new car, which did a great job driving through seasons’ first snow storm. Unfortunately, we arrived quite late and were only able to see this great city by night. We did the sky walk, enjoyed the lighting and walked through the streets looking at the impressive architecture. We finished our day with a dinner in a sweet traditional pub, watching hockey match. On Sunday we planned to visit the Niagara Falls on the Canadian site. Thank you Jack for your great advise!  As it was freezing cold, we soon decided, to do the walk on the river front and to discover the sweet town instead of taking the expensive boat ride. Luckily, even though it was quite cold the sun was shining and the sky was blue. So we were able to enjoy a great outlook and were able to take some nice pictures. After we had driven back and had nervously passed the border, we had dinner in a typical American Diner.

On the last weekend we did a great trip up-north with Sarah and her colleagues.  We were a great group and so we had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we didn’t have luck with the weather this time and it was raining all Saturday long. But we did not mind and kept on visiting the cute Mackinac City and the amazing Tahquamenon Falls. After a typical American Sunday brunch in Saint Ignace we took the ferry to Mackinac Island. This beautiful little island is my favorite place in the U.S. so far. The traditional architecture of the buildings is amazing. Moreover, it is perfect for a relaxing weekend trip, because unlike to the American way of life there are no cars on the island. So you can just enjoy a walk, do a bicycle tour around the island or do horseback riding. As Sarah and I love animals and miss our pets so much, we decided to do an hour of horseback riding. Since Nicole and I don’t have a lot of experience with horses, we were quite afraid. But after a few minutes we learned to trust Buck, Beauty and Angi and enjoyed every minute of the ride. After heating up with hot cider we drove back to Royal Oak.



 This weekend is Halloween and we are so excited to dress up, do trick and treating and to go to a creepy party. Nicole will talk about our scary adventure in her next blog-post.


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