Now I've spent almost
three months in the U.S. and have experienced
a lot, including trips to Detroit, Toronto, Niagara Falls and Chicago.
I think a trip to
Chicago is worth it even if it is for just one or two days. We went there this
past weekend for only one night. It was
like a day trip as we arrived on Friday night and spent all of Saturday there.
Chicago is very different than Detroit. Chicago is full of tourists, Detroit
not so much. Although, I really don’t know the reason for that as you can see a
lot of things in Detroit as well. Of course the history of the city is really
sad, but it is worth seeing the city as it is today. Over the weekend we went
to the old train station and the Packard Plant in Detroit as well. It looks exactly like Eminem’s video for the
song “Beautiful.” You can look it up on Youtube. It is amazing.
Winter is already here. Even if the
Americans tell me that this is definitely not winter
for me at least, it feels really cold. The
first snow has already
fallen as well. Nadine and I
couldn’t believe that there was snow on our cars. However, it didn’t last long,
only one day.
This past Sunday there was a thunderstorm and as a result our entire neighborhood was without electricity. We had no hot water and no heat. At night it was really, really cold. Luckily, the problem was quickly resolved and we had power back
Monday afternoon. It was
quite an experience to live in the dark and
get ready for work in the morning by candlelight WITHOUT hot water and with the
temperature in the house feeling like it was 40 F.
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