Nusrat Jahan
America is a country bustling with people, immigrants, tourists, students, researchers, coming and going like the wind. Needless to say, these people obviously need a place to stay during their visits. Shelter in the United States is no issue, considering how you will always find some place to rest in starting from subway stations, and motels, to big hotels like the Ritz and the Hilton. However, some of you might enjoy staying at a place with a bit more of historical importance than that with a five start ranking on the local magazines.
Let me introduce you to the The Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan. Sunlight streams instead of flickering through the open windows of the guest rooms, along with light soothing breezes from Lake Huron, and there’s also the sound of horses clip-clopping as carriages pass below. This setting of what seems to be a scenario out of an exquisite dream hasn’t changed since the hotel opened on July 10, 1887. Each of the hotel’s 385 guest rooms is designed with colorful wallpaper and floral patterns. More than 30 “named” suites honor exceptional people and places, including seven former first ladies. Guests dress up for dinner in the main dining room but there are plenty of alternative restaurants where you can show up wearing a suit and tie. There is music recitals with afternoon tea in the parlor, dancing to an orchestra after dinner and showings of “Somewhere in Time,” a Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour movie that was filmed at the hotel. The Hotel is devoted to making sure that every little moment you spend over there is lovely!
The Grand Hotel, with its fine architecture and the aura it gives off, it total