This museum would have to be one of the most amazing museums and probably the best one we have ever visited. Not only does it contain a pretty extensive collection of cars (not all Ford) but presidential limousines including the car JFK got shot,the seat Licon died on, Washington’s bed,  Planes, Trains, and other forms […]

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When  we visited the VW Golf Factory in Wolfberg Germany on our last roadtrip  http://roadtrip.intown.net.au/09-oct.htm  we sampled their sausages and beer for lunch, so we thought we should do the same at the Henry Ford Museum. Our verdict is the Germans do it better, Their sausages are much more tasty and Ford doesn’t make anything you would […]

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What a hole,  Detriot must be one of the world’s worst cities. Run down, fallen down, old and decrepid. Surely it must be better than this… I thought Detroit was one of the world’s great cities?  Herny Ford turned this city into one of the richest and most industrious cities in the world, now less […]

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Today we had a bit of a road trip from Toronto to Detroit and found a bit of a diversion.  A place called Kitchener about an hour out of Toronto is holding a huge Octoberfest celebration (apparently the largest outside Munich). And being the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada today they had a huge parade with […]

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Under the Space Needle we found a cool place- the Steam Whistle Brewery- as soon as you get in “would you like to try a beer sir” – free of course, then another. We signed up for a tour- $8 with 4 free beers and a great bottle opener- then a few more free beers- […]

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The tower is the worlds tallest tower standing at 555 metres the Eiffel Tower is 334 meters and Sydney Centre Point tower is only 309 metres and is even 100 metres taller than the Empire State’s spire- so it’s pretty high. They have a glass floor where you can stand and look down and the […]

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Being a Sunday the streets were fairly quiet, although shops were open. It’s a pretty clean and organised place.

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We have done pretty well, we haven’t been into a burger chain of any type in the 12 days we have been on holidays. But we broke our embargo tonight and pigged out on half a cow between a bun with heaps of gooey sauce and pickles.  The pub was a bit too comfortable and […]

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We thought the best place for a drink after our 5 hour drive would be down the Distillery District. As the name suggests it is where the city’s distilleries were and has been recently renovated to include apartments and a leisure area- the brocure looked as if it was going to be a bit like […]

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We stopped by Oshawa about an hour or so out of Toronto, it is home to the Canadian Automotive Musuem, so we thought we would take a look.  It was really just a big shed with a collection of different cars, no real theme just all put together like in someone’s shed. No Ford Discovery […]

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John -here’s a picture  as requested here is the lovely Chrysler 300. Bit of a poverty pack lots of plastic and stuff but it smells ok unlike most US hire cars we have had.

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We found this funny little casino in the middle of nowhere about half way between Montreal and Toronto and thought it would be a good stop for some lunch and refreshments.   Plenty of people hypnotized by the pokies instead of enjoying a nice sunny day.  The nearest town was a bit of a distance […]

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