Blogs from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America

I will have access to Skype while abroad and I also have a phone jack called a "Magic Jack". It will allow me to call you but not visa-versa. It is a free call that can be made to any phone in the US. If you get a call from the number, 513-334-8852 it is me :) and my skype is emily hertel. Send any emails to me at hertel.emily@gmail.com Love you guys and miss you already!!... read more

Left DC this morning Westbound, first day on the way back. My navigation was solid, got back on the Interstate without issues and made excellent time. Despite my recent issue with trying to take a shortcut, I did find a shortcut that took over 200km off of the Interstate route between DC and Cincinnati. I was having a pretty uneventful day, in fact I was wondering what I was going to write about tonight……………………………..until I was about 50 km outside of Cinny. I had been approaching a large storm cloud and had noticed it had very frequent and intense lightning. Well, I naturally had to drive right through it. Most people that know me know that I love thunderstorms, and I was stoked that I was going to see a classic tornado alley boomer. I pretty ... read more

Ok its been a while since I've given you an update. So much has happened in the past two weeks. We finished our goat farm, opened the farm and the children's center, said goodbye to Odede and went on Safari. The last week was to be a busy week. On the Monday we split in two groups, half heading down to the goat farm to try to get as much done towards finishing it, the other group (with me in it) went up to the Child Rescue Center (now called the Child Development Center) to paint the kids dorm rooms and make them a little more homely. Other groups went on later days and we painted alphabets, number lines, flowers and ladybugs for counting, a tree with a monkey, elephants, giraffes and flowers. It was amazing ... read more

This first entry is a note to Chipette Girl. Congratulations on your adventure. Always know that you are loved, blessed and worthy. Take advantage of every opportunity to experience Japan. Stay fully engaged in the moment and drink up every moment to learn. 神は心配しないでくださいおばあちゃんの世話をする Can't wait to read your first entry! ... read more

This weekend I flew to Cincinnati, Ohio to see my dad's side of the family. I hadn't seen anyone of them since I had been back from Germany so I was really excited and I'm glad the weekend went well. We did a lot. On one rainy day we went to the Cincinnati Museums, which are now located in the old Cincinnati train station. We went for the special Cleopatra Exhibition, which is only in 5 cities in the US! Cinci is the smallest of the cities where it's being held. It was a really fantastic exhibit. I had been to an exhibit like it here a few years ago about the Titanic and they were both very entertaining and educational. We were given audio guides and the freedom to walk through the exhibit at our ... read more

Week 6 in Indian Hill with the Eaton family living with Andy Arrived with the family on Sunday night and met Colleen (mum), Chris (dad), Becka (16) and Declan (10). I am also living with another coach called Andy who already knows this family as he has lived with them many a times before! We went out for dinner to an Indian restaurant. They have a gorgeous husky dog called Blizzard, he is pure white! They also have two cats Coujo and Mole! (Last week the Sherwood's had 4 cats!!) Everyone has loads of pets over here! This week I have been on a 5 man camp with Andy, Jake, lil Jimmy and Chrissy. I have been working with the mini kids (3 and 4 year olds) 13 of them!! Thats from 9-10.30am and then I ... read more

We're currently in the departure lounge at Cincinnati airport waiting for our flight to Chicago - we're very excited :) The last few days in Cincy have been more chilled. After the match on Saturday, which Rob was rather disappointed by, we went off to see Harry Connick Junior at the Riverbend PNC Pavillion. This is a covered outdoor arena and Saturday was the hottest (in the 90's) and most humid day yet so at first we were all really uncomfortable and pretty much everyone there was using any paper they had to create a fan. Harry was amazing - he sang lots of his songs and some great covers and also added in bits of comedy and stories about his family etc. He picked on people who were sat at the front and called one ... read more