Windy City
When I arrive in Chicago I head to a café to grab some breakfast before heading to my hostel. Before that though I sit in the Greyhound café and drink coffee and do some work until the sun actually rises...
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01, 2018
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01, 2018
Exploring the Motor City
It’s like a romantic tragedy, a tale of hopes and dreams and a reminder of the sad fact that despite the fact we are all supposed to be equals as human beings, divide and conquer is a trick that never ceases to fail...
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01, 2018
White Flight
While the suburbs began to draw people out of our cities in the 1950s, Detroit’s neighbourhoods and their demographics changed drastically and quickly after the 1967 riots.
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01, 2018
The American Dream
Detroit was once upon a time the ‘go-to’ place to get a stable job, earn a good living and become middle class. It was the fourth largest city in the U.S.A.
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01, 2018
All aboard…Next stop Detroit
The train was pretty long and with an added 7 hours due to delays, I spent a grand total of 23 hours on the Amtrak train from Boston to Toledo.
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01, 2018
Mindfulness and cautious steps
While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it's more readily available to us when we practice it on a daily basis.
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01, 2018
From Wildfires to Blizzards
The next morning with the storm over I headed into Boston to visit the Fine Art Gallery and to do some sightseeing.
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01, 2018
From Greyhound to Harvard, what a varied day
As a blizzard warning has been issued for the next day I am advised by Keith and Olivia to do some exploring that afternoon as the next day should be spent inside...
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01, 2018
The Legend, The Met and NYE
On my last day in New York I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art... They had some great artwork in there and also had a special exhibition of some of the Masters drawings.
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01, 2018
NYC baby
I get the Subway into Manhattan and get off at Grand Central Station. I really love this building...