One of the benefits of going to school in Ann Arbor is that Canada (still technically a foreign nation) is only 40 minutes away. At 3:30 in the morning, February 28, the day spring break (although the university doesn't necessarily recognize -10 F weather as "spring") started, I decided to go to Canada for a few days. Well, the trip ended up being 4 days long. So I booked a hotel room in Windsor, the city shares its border with Detroit, and simply left later that day without any plan.
 |
| This guy (or girl) wished me a safe trip when I was pulling out of the parking lot |
Canada was closer than I thought. There was barely anyone on the highway to Detroit on Friday afternoon. As soon as I got off the highway, I saw the entrance to Detroit-Windsor tunnel sitting right under the General Motors headquarters. After driving through the tunnel for about 3 minutes, I had to stop at the border customs. Canadian TSA officer looked confused to see a college kid with a Delaware plated car, Michigan drivers license and South Korean passport. But I was set to go after answering more than a few questions and now was in Canada!
 |
The view from my hotel room. You can see the frozen Detroit River and the General Motors headquarters across the river
 |
This was one of the best sushi I have ever had! (I know you are jealous)
 |
| And the $5 lunch teriyaki wasn't too bad. |
|
After taking a long nap, I headed down to this place.
|
 |
| Wikipedia |
It was nuts.
I spent $30 at buffet and lost another $30 on slot machines.
At least I know I'm not going back there any time soon!
After coming back to my room, I had to comfort myself.
 |
| The name of the beer on the left was the only measure I could realize I was in Canada during the entire trip |
Just saying, this was perfectly legal! (Drinking age in Ontario is 19)
Anyway, I woke up next day morning and was informed that the elevators weren't working. So I walked 20 stairs down to go to breakfast buffet. Then, I was told that the power of the whole building went out. It was bizarre. But I'm not going to complain too much since they took 50% off my bill when I checked out!
Around noon that day, I left Windsor and left to the Niagara Falls.
