Gotham City…

…did you ever wonder how Gotham City looks like at daytime? Visit Detroit on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll find out. Every other city would be packed with people, rushing through the streets, doing their last Christmas shopping. In Detroit only a few people were ice-skating at Campus Martius, a little square on Woodward and Monroe. We (Timo, Leif and I ) decided to walk down Woodward Ave. to the river, visited the GM Towers and had a dinner at a little restaurant in Greek Town. Altogether we met about 15 people on the streets, one Santa Claus and the valet-parking guy. We left Downtown Detroit at about 6:00 p.m. – the Christmas decorations lit up a deserted city and in the sky you could see the circling spotlights from the casino in Windsor/Canada.

Don’t get me wrong, I really like the city with its beautiful buildings, its theatres and its nice little bars and restaurants. But if you don’t live in the city you really need to know somebody who can tell you about Detroit, the history and the hidden treasures. Otherwise you will either never go downtown or only see... Gotham City!

By Ilka