Yesterday Kelsi and I decided to do something with our day off and go do a Canadian Wine Tour. We drove through Detroit, took the Ambassador Bridge over the river, went down through Windsor, and hit up some wineries in southern Ontario. This map at www.swova.ca and GPS got us through six wineries, bought 12 bottles and four glasses of wine between the two of us, and a lovely day. The first winery (that we skipped once we saw it, it looked really crappy and after the we went through the other five and decided to stop by, was, indeed, crappy) was only an hour and 15 minutes away from Ann Arbor.
No, Canada is not known for its extraordinary wine, but I got some that is really good and pretty affordable. I also found out on the Canadian wine scale, I like a sugar content of 2. The merlot/chardonnay mixes were surprisingly good and icewine, a dessert wine, is way too syrupy.
On the way back to the USA, border control seemed to think we were smuggling marajuana in. They took 10-15 minutes searching my car, asking us all kinds of questions, telling me my car was too messy (that part was true) and saying it smelled like beer and dope. His search didn't result it anything obviously, but it was a bit nerve-wracking, and I'm glad to be back in the US and not in a Canadian jail (like my mom thought I would end up in).
FYI, they have duty-free gas on the border for about $.40 cheaper than the regular gas stations. Also, conversion rates for Canadian money and US Dollars are about even now. What happened to our money being worth double?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Apprentice
So, a month later, and I'm back to documenting my travels.
For the previous two, and next two weeks, I'm in Ann Arbor, Michigan where I'm apprenticing at the store on South University. I'm already sick of being referred to as "the apprentice" all the time, but most of the time I just tell the in-shoppers I'm training to be a manager. It's easier.
Ann Arbor is a nice town, very collegy, and reminds me a lot of Champaign. The downtown area and campus area are pretty much the same place, so there are always a ton of people around. Don't worry Illini fans, I have stayed true to my school spirit and refused to cheer for Michigan in any sort of way, and next week when the Illini are here, I am wearing my Illini gear whenever I am not physically in the store.
My days consist of getting to the store between 5am and 7am, work work work, then leaving between 5:30pm and 6. They are long days, but I'm pretty used to it now. It makes this three day weekend I'm about to have (was supposed to be four, but I got sick one day and messed it all up) all the better.
Other exciting news, I found out my schedule for the four weeks after my apprenticeship, which includes two weeks in the north suburbs of Chicago, and two weeks in West Palm Beach, Florida. I'm psyched about Florida, and there had better not be any hurricanes when I plan to go.
I think whenever I'm done with a town, I'm going to list the bars and any of points of interest to remember for anyone other travelers out there. Oh! If you ever get the chance, stay at a Mariott Residence Inn. It's awesome and doesn't even feel like living out of a hotel.
Two more weeks in Ann Arbor, the whore.
For the previous two, and next two weeks, I'm in Ann Arbor, Michigan where I'm apprenticing at the store on South University. I'm already sick of being referred to as "the apprentice" all the time, but most of the time I just tell the in-shoppers I'm training to be a manager. It's easier.
Ann Arbor is a nice town, very collegy, and reminds me a lot of Champaign. The downtown area and campus area are pretty much the same place, so there are always a ton of people around. Don't worry Illini fans, I have stayed true to my school spirit and refused to cheer for Michigan in any sort of way, and next week when the Illini are here, I am wearing my Illini gear whenever I am not physically in the store.
My days consist of getting to the store between 5am and 7am, work work work, then leaving between 5:30pm and 6. They are long days, but I'm pretty used to it now. It makes this three day weekend I'm about to have (was supposed to be four, but I got sick one day and messed it all up) all the better.
Other exciting news, I found out my schedule for the four weeks after my apprenticeship, which includes two weeks in the north suburbs of Chicago, and two weeks in West Palm Beach, Florida. I'm psyched about Florida, and there had better not be any hurricanes when I plan to go.
I think whenever I'm done with a town, I'm going to list the bars and any of points of interest to remember for anyone other travelers out there. Oh! If you ever get the chance, stay at a Mariott Residence Inn. It's awesome and doesn't even feel like living out of a hotel.
Two more weeks in Ann Arbor, the whore.
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