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Canterbury Village Michigan

by admin on September 21, 2008

Nestled at the foot of Lake Orion in Joslyn, Michigan, is one of the state’s most beloved historical sites, the Olde World Canterbury Village.  It extends some twenty-one acres, offering guests of all ages a place to relax, eat, enjoy Christmas year round and discover a treasured part of Michigan’s German culture and history, all thanks to its creators, Stan Aldridge and family, whose collection of world treasures are displayed for all to see. In fact, there are many things to do and see at Canterbury Village, including a Christmas store, festivals, a restaurant, a castle, courtyards, gardens, a pub, a banquet center, a pavilion, a clock tower, a theatre, a carousel and even antiques. 

Aldridge’s Always Christmas

Stan Aldridge, this fine Christmas store provides over ninety-thousand square feet of holiday shopping.  It is the world’s biggest Christmas store, selling model airplanes, train sets, car racing sets, toy trucks, remote control cars, dolls, wine racks, wall mirrors, vases, stands, screens, lamps, clocks, miniature Christmas houses and villages, ornaments and furniture.  It’s open on Mondays to Thursdays from 10am to 6pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 7pm and Sundays from 11am to 5:30pm.

King’s Court Castle

King’s Court Castle is a fine example of craftsmanship from the old world.  It elaborately decorated with stained glass windows, tapestries, medieval armor, carvings, luxurious furnishings, rich colours and oak paneling.  Even the olde world fireplace gives it an aura of English charm.

King’s Court Castle Restaurant

This fine castle restaurant makes every guest feel royal and is perfect for almost any occasion.  In fact, the King’s Court Castle Restaurant has become a local favourite, providing contemporary elegance in a big dining room. 

Menus are varied.  Dinner offers succulent starters, soups, salads and entrees to make even the fussiest mouth water with delight.  The choices are top notch with steak, filet mignon, pork tenderloin, a risotto, salmon/white fish/perch, pasta and chicken that come complete with vegetables, bread and a choice of a salad or soup.  Lunch is equally as inviting with many smaller sized versions of the dinner menu, and for those twelve and under there are plenty of easy treats, all including fries and soft drinks.  Prices range from $2.50 to $24.00 before tax, though all kids meals are a mere $4.95. Restaurant hours are: Monday to Friday from 11:30am to 9pm; Saturday from 11:30am to 11pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm.

The Clansman Gaelic Pub

Guests cannot resist the charm of stone and cedar combined into an atmosphere that is reminiscent of a country Scottish pub when they enter the Clansman Gaelic Pub.  In fact, it is definitely one of the area’s most well-hidden secret hideaways, situated behind King’s Court Castle.

This Gaelic pub offers a wide selection of imported and domestic beers, fine wines, cocktails and spirits.  A relaxed bar food service provides quick meal of soups, salads and sandwiches in plain view of large plasma televisions.  Best of all, summer at the pub is a time to relax on its outdoor deck with umbrellas and garden views.  In fact, special events and parties are quite often held at the pub and easy to arrange.

Pub hours are from 11am to 10pm, Mondays to Saturdays, and 12pm to 8pm every Sunday.

Special Events, Banquets and Festivals

Canterbury Village is also known for the Canterbury Banquet Center, which contains one of Michigan Theater’s famed chandeliers.  It gives a wonderful atmosphere to any event, banquet or festival with an English antique fireplace, a stained glass window, tapestries, swords, armour, carvings and oak panels.

The center is a year round extravaganza of events, being best known for its Dickens Christmas atmosphere thanks to the Canterbury Clock Tower and nearby pavilion.  Inside the Canterbury Pavilion is a kids’ paradise with an authentic German carousel.

During the summer, the King’s Court Castle courtyard comes alive with entertaining music, with performances going from 6pm to 10pm.  Festivals continue into September and October with steam engine festivals (mid-September), Oktoberfest (end of September) and the Annual Darci Seipke Benefit Fund Craft Show (first weekend of October).

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Michigan Resort

by Michigan Travel Guide on August 30, 2008

There are a number of different resorts inside of the state of Michigan and finding the proper resort to go to can be hard. When choosing a hotel for a great weekend trip or a vacation to Michigan makes sure that you get a hotel that meets your families standards. Often families will make sure that a Michigan resort has fun for the whole family as this ensures that no one is board while a family is on a Michigan vacation of course not all of the tourists that come to Michigan are families. When visiting a state that you have never visited having a list of activities can be a good way to appreciate your trip to a Michigan resort. There are a number of resorts and a few of these resorts have been reviewed here look around the blog and read some of the reviews given about some of the Michigan resort options. Use this knowledge to see if you would like to go to one of the Michigan resorts that I have written a review about or if you are going to need to find a different place to stay while in Michigan.

When looking to stay at a Michigan resort make sure to read reviews on the service and food offered from the resort you are going to stay at, a resort with a number of good reviews. Make sure these reviews are not from their own home page as these kind of reviews can be faulty. When looking for good Michigan resort reviews on dining areas and entertainment try to find an independent Michigan resort review website as this is how you will make sure that you are going to have ea good time and get good food and accommodations while you are staying in the state of Michigan at a Michigan resort. While in Michigan the top two things to do are to go fishing and to have a nice time at the beach if you are one of the people who likes the out doors or just likes surfing then this could be the perfect United State for you to take a resort vacation.

Indoor water parks are large attractions at some Michigan resorts as Michigan is one of the few places around that still cater to people in Michigan that would like to swim in an indoor swimming area. Zhnder’s is one of the places in Michigan that has an indoor water area/theme park style rides. This theme park can be fun if that is what you were looking for when you visited the state of Michigan, then look around this blog as there is a full article wrote about this Zhnder’s. If this is something you would like your family to enjoy while you are on vacation you are going to want to make sure that this Michigan resort matches all of your own family needs so check out the review I wrote on the blog for this indoor water theme park. Happen to know of a great Michigan resort? Share this with the rest of us that love Michigan by responding below.

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Michigan Technology

by Michigan Travel Guide on August 30, 2008

The Michigan technology field is growing and with this kind of advancement in IT jobs around Michigan there is more of a need for people with degrees that specialize in technology. Getting a college diploma can be hard but there are several colleges’ offline and offline that would be there to help you and after you got out of college you could get a job in one of the great jobs in the Michigan technology field. When you start to think about college online or offline for a job most people do not think that the person has the time needed to complete college or the person believes that the person would not be able to pay for college. These are two of the most common thoughts and many people would believe that these are valid excuses not to get into college but these are just two road blocks that people have put in their own way. There are federal loans and other types of loans that you can get while going to college and this is what can make sure you do not have to hold back on a Michigan technology field job after you started working on and have a technology based college degree. I will go over an option or two of what Michigan technology schools and information pertaining to the school itself.

Michigan Technology College: When wanting to join the technology college graduation path you must have a field of business that you would like to work on. The different technology based degrees you can get from mtu.edu are degrees based in either computers or business trades or communication trades. If these fields sound like they could be an exciting opportunity for you and you live in Michigan then I would suggest visiting mtu.edu now and doing what you can to make sure that you get enrolled and get on your way to becoming a college graduate. When getting ready to start college the bills and costs can be scary there are other companies like Astrive that will help you to get an additional loan that you do not have to pay until you finish school this is a smart option for people that do not believe that they can afford a college education.

This is just one of the Michigan technology universities that you can decide to go to this school does come highly recommended and many students have claimed that this school had provided them with a great ground to get a college degree and starting working in the technology field. This is exactly what you can do to secure a Michigan technology job and each one with variances in pay. Make sure that you pick a career path that will allow you to live the lifestyle that you like and with the budget you want this is an important part about picking what trade you would like to go to college. Keep these thoughts in mind when thinking about getting a job in Michigan technology fields as the people that are most likely to get hired are people with a college degree, so get on the road to getting one today.

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Northeast Michigan Resort

by Michigan Travel Guide on August 30, 2008

Northeast Michigan resort sits in a lovely area of petite towns that are commonly called tourist towns and can be a place where people visiting Northeast Michigan resort could go and enjoy the different shops and food stores that the little towns have to offer. The view is the real reason people like traveling to Northeast Michigan resort is the forests that go on for literally hundreds of miles in some areas along with a number of different local lakes and rumored large island lakes. This vacation to the Northeast Michigan resort is mainly for people that enjoy the out doors and staying inside a cabin and being able to fish when you wake up in the morning if this is you then the Northeast Michigan resort could be the perfect place to take your family on your next winter or summer vacation.

Are you the more high tech person well you will not be left in the dark with nothing. If you are someone that doesn’t prefer cabins make sure to stay at one of the other great hotels or resorts in Michigan as there are many different places to accommodate all of the tourists that want to see some of the beautiful green scenery that Michigan has to offer residents and people who pass through this amazing United State. There are more then one way to enjoy the summer vacation but with a number of indoor water parks and other activities along the Michigan state you might find that you would like to live in this state instead of just visit.

The Northeast Michigan resort offers a pool to all of the guests that would not want to swim in a Michigan lake, many people do not want to get in the lake of fear of what could be in the water this is perfectly understandable and why there are swimming pools at this resort to accommodate any customer. Do you have a partner that loves to take a swing on the golf course if so you should tell that partner that there is also a golf course that you can play on while at the Northeast Michigan resort? There are a full eighteen holes that make it fun for experienced and inexperienced golfers alike who have had a nice day and would love to end it with a great round of gold at the Northeast Michigan resort you can do just that.

If this scenario and resort in Michigan have intrigued you and you would like to contact the Northeast Michigan resort then you can contact them by calling two three one nine four six three four one zero. You can call this number to access the weekly rates and monthly rates for a cabin at this resort after you have gotten this information you can decide to book or not there is no obligation so go ahead and call and see if this will be your best vacation yet. Have a great time if you decide to visit Northeast Michigan resort and be sure to tell save my Michigan about it by leaving a comment below.

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Michigan State Recruiting

by Michigan Travel Guide on August 30, 2008

Serving the country is something that few honored Americans get to do and serving this country acts as one of the greatest acts that any one many can do for their country. The peace core is a branch of the military but this branch is never involved in any kind of fighting only making peace and helping other countries out with humanitarian aid and things of this nature. People who are in the Peace Corps often will also travel around to spread the word of god which is something that is considered very good to a large number of people as people believe that religion is something that can help other nations and tribes of people. Michigan peace corps is looking to find people who are interested in helping out the world and improving the quality of the earth that we live in.

Joining the Michigan Peace Corps is not one of the easiest decisions that anyone will make before making this decisions there are things that a person considering this option need to think about before enlisting in the Michigan state peace crops. The first thing a person would need to ask themselves before joining the peace corps is this something that I would like to be doing for a long amount of time as the average contract even with this form of government service can be 4+ years. After you have thought it over and decided that you would be able to spend this amount of time in the peace corps at this time you will be more prepared to have a good and experience filed time in the Michigan state peace corps.

The peace corps does not have the same hours as other offices do and the summer hours as follows for those interested in contacting the Michigan sate peace corps. The time are as follows every Tuesday twelve pm to five pm this is the time in which you will be able to talk to people already in the peace corps and get the paperwork that you are going to need to fill out to join. Another time that the Michigan peace corps is opened is on all Thursday’s from five pm to twelve pm again this is the time you could visit a Michigan state recruiting office and figure out what you will need to sign up to the peace core.

The Michigan peace corps is filled up by a number of skilled Michigan native people that are working to benefit themselves and other people to help the world community and the United States. Do not join the Peace Corps unless you feel this could be a decision that you would stick with for a long period of time. Many people have joined the peace crops on a spur of the moment type thing and then been stuck in a commitment they no longer wanted to fill, don’t let this become your story. If this didn’t scare you away you could have a great time in the Peace Corps traveling across the world and helping nations across the globe. This is an exciting life where you will have all travel and food paid and you will also be paid for you work a great opportunity for those looking to expand their knowledge and travel across the globe helping people.

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