In a recent visit to Grand Rapids, one journalist found that the city's cultural attractions, tasty eateries, and horse-drawn carriages made a trip well worth taking. A day at the lakeshore also introduced this traveler to Michigan's natural beauty and Dutch hospitality.
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Just a few steps from the Ford Museum is the Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids — a cumbersome name for a really interesting museum. You can find a little of everything here but, unlike too many museums with varied collections, the holdings here are attractively organized and artifacts carefully chosen for quality — avoiding that grandma’s attic ambiance.
There are wonderful restaurants to be found downtown. I can personally attest to the deliciousness of the salmon and corn chowder at Leo’s while the tapas at San Chez left all of us full as ticks.
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