Day 6, we woke up in Kalamazoo and continued on our merry way. We got to Detroit, which was our 'business' part of the trip. By now, it's been two months since I was there, so the memories are getting fuzzy. The city is very large, and the houses are very cute. They are mostly made of bricks, and they are packed together all cozy-like. Every lawn seems to be meticulously kept. We went there to see about potentially buying property there, so our day was spent looking at all the houses.
I don't want this to be too much of a socio-political commentary, but from what we observed, there is a very clear line across the city, and on one side, that's white people territory, and on the other, it's black people territory. Home is nothing like that, so it was weird to see. What I am happy to say we did not see was disrespect between people with different skin colours.
Anyhow, we saw a few business prospects while we were there, but after two months of mulling it over, we still haven't decided whether we're going to do anything there. It's difficult to know precisely what we can expect out of each potential venture, and so we haven't acted on any of it at this point. Plus, we're not even from that state/country, so even if we knew what to expect out of the transaction itself, we are still not sure how international laws/taxes apply.
The hotel we stayed in that night was absolutely enormous. It had 2 big beds, a couch and accompanying sitting chair, a coffee table, a tv, a massage chair, a fireplace, another coffee table and four more accompanying chairs, a desk and accompanying office chair, a wardrobe, a small kitchen with accompanying bar and stools, a jacuzzi tub in its own little room, and of course a bathroom. This room was also the cheapest room we stayed in on the trip, and the price included a buffet breakfast. We of course tried to make use of everything the room had to offer (except the fireplace, as it was July).
