Summer is just around the corner...

... but this year seems to be really slow, we got some days with spring temperatures, and yet the clouds and rain showers come every now and then. At any case, this is no excuse to do the plans that are already scheduled, right? So I'm going to tell you what we have been doing the last days.

First of all, we baptized the BBQ inviting some fiends for a grill at home. As you can suppose, this is a very important feature for the American life, and therefore we could not avoid getting a big grill so that we can grill big steaks :) The truth is that since we have it, we have grilled almost every day or so, everything tastes delicious, so why not?

Here you see some photos of the party. Look at the first one, the grill master!

Notice how Andres protect the grill as it was the most valuable piece of art in the house :)

The day after this evening we got visitors. Mimmi (Andres' cousin) and Camilla, a friend of hers, came to visit for a couple of days. They have been traveling around the US for almost two months, starting from the west coast and finishing their trip in New York. We are really jealous of how much they could see in two months, whereas we have been here for almost half a year now, and could not even do half of what they did. Of course, the fact that we have to work doesn't help... But back to the girls, we really enjoyed having them here, and took the opportunity to drive to Toronto for the weekend, it is a lovely city and the weather treated us "well" (sporadic showers would come and go, pretty similar to what we have in Michigan), so it was very enjoyable.

The views from the hotel room (new city hall)

Going for a walk in downtown Toronto

The following Monday, Andres and the girls went to Detroit downtown to explore the city. The girls enjoyed the city's story very much and could see that despite the many opinions that the city is dangerous, it could really be enjoyed on a sunny day.

This Joe Louie's arm is always good material for a funny photo :)

A couple of nice photos of the Guardian's building

One building on sale! There was a sign on one window, like people do with their houses, only this time is a huge building!! Only in Detroit :)

The views from the GM Renaissance Tower

The girls in front of the Michigan train station (already closed, abandoned years ago).

After a long work week we went to see the Tigers! The baseball team from Detroit are right now at the top of the division (but the season has only started, so that doesn't mean too much). It is a complicated game, somehow slow, and with some rules that make me difficult to follow it, but it is absolutely worth going even if you don't like the sport. There are a lot of different people, some of them watching, some just wondering around, friends meet for the game, etc.

The views from the city at night.

The game lasted almost 4 hours, but sometimes it can go up to 5. After the game, there is a firework show (I think the longest that I've seen, and I was told that there's fireworks independent of the score of the match:)). We have a video of "part" of the show, I think overall was more than 10 minutes non stop.

The last photo of the night was from the Fox Theatre, just 100 meters from the Comerica Park. We have to come to a show, it looks very authentic, doesn't it?

So, there is not a lot more to tell, so I'm going to end this entry, hoping to show you more next time we post.

Lots of love
Andres&Lita