http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Susanne+Pacher Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=620771&ca=Travel My discoveries of Detroit were slowly but surely coming to an end, and I had seen so many interesting places already in my whirlwind tour over the last four days. Just before I was ready to hop across the border to Windsor again, I had one more adventure on my schedule: a biking tour of Southwest De... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=620780&ca=Travel After having learned so much about architecture during my morning walking tour of downtown Detroit, we embarked on another urban discovery: a walking tour through Brush Park, one of Detroit’s historic residential areas with a location very close to downtown. Bob Goldsmith, our local expert from Detr... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=620787&ca=Travel After my explorations in Windsor, I had about an hour and a half to explore Detroit on my own before my scheduled driving tour of the city. With its impressive 20th century architectural heritage, Detroit had long fascinated me and I was going to take the next four days to explore this city up close... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=620809&ca=Travel One of the main reasons I had come to Detroit was the fantastic architecture that this city has to offer. Detroit celebrated its heyday in the early 20th century when the automobile industry took off, and car ownership became available to everyday people. Witnesses to this boom are the many stunning... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=620820&ca=Travel Finally it was time for another excursion. As a true architecture buff, Detroit had been on my radar for a long time, and I definitely wanted to explore this unique city in detail. So for the last few weeks I had been working with Visitdetroit, the city's visitor and convention office, to map out a... Travel Susanne Pacher Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=613551&ca=Travel For several months now I had been planning another trip to Europe, to visit my family in my home town in Austria, as well as to spend eleven days on the beautiful island of Mallorca and three days in the fascinating Czech capital of Prague, both destinations I had long wanted to visit. On May 15, 20... Travel Susanne Pacher Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=613552&ca=Travel My first three days in Austria had already been action-packed, full of hiking excursions and culinary delights. My next adventure was going to be a full-day driving tour with my friend Gary, who had also grown up in Austria, but, like me, had emigrated to Canada more than 40 years ago. Gary’s native... Travel Susanne Pacher Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=613553&ca=Travel Today was our relocation day: we moved from our vacation apartment in Solana Beach in San Diego to the chic Sofia Hotel in downtown San Diego. On another brilliant day we arrived at the hotel at about 10 am, but our room was not ready yet, so we decided to embark on some brief local explorations. Se... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=227263&ca=Travel After this overview it was now time for me to hit the road and start my busy schedule of discoveries in Niagara Falls, Ontario. I started my day with a visit to the Skylon Tower, Niagara Fall’s most famous landmarks. Construction of the tower started in May of 1964 and 17 months later the tower was... Travel Susanne Pacher Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=227264&ca=Travel So far I had already enjoyed a great day, full of action: after a tour of the tropical court yard at the Best Western Cairn Croft I had gotten a great 360 degree view over Niagara Falls from its most famous landmark: the Skylon Tower. A wonderful IMAX movie “Niagara Falls: Miracles, Myths and Magic”...