My
spouse and I visited Detroit over the 4-day Independence Day holiday in early
July 2017. Initially, we had planned to take a driving trip somewhere within a few
hours of our home, but after our Memorial Day weekend trip to Boston when we
got stuck in traffic driving both to and from the city (adding at least an
extra hour to each trip), we explored options for where we could fly non-stop
(and using frequent flyer tickets) from our local airport. Our choices included
Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, and Detroit MI, and Detroit was the winner! Many people
asked us why we would want to visit Detroit, but we have heard and read that it
is experiencing a renaissance, so we wanted to check it out for ourselves. We
flew there right after work on a Friday (the schedule couldn’t have been
better, and the less-than-2-hour flight couldn’t have been easier), and we had
three full days before we flew back home. We attended a Tiger baseball game,
visited a huge indoor/outdoor market and several museums (including Motown, Institute
of Art, Greenfield Village, and Henry Ford), and we had dinner with some old
friends who moved there over 12 years ago. Being so close to Canada, we were
also able to get our NEXUS approval (like Global Entry). We enjoyed our
weekend, and would return in a heartbeat – there are still things that we want
to see, like the auto baron mansions and a few more museums, and maybe even
attend a Lions football game! What we will remember most about our visit was
the friendliness of the people – from bellman to Uber drivers to restaurant
staff to ballpark attendants to retail workers at the airport, we have never
encountered such happy and engaging people anywhere! What a great weekend in
the “Motor City”!
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