Blogs from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America - page 3

This weekend I flew to Cincinnati, Ohio to see my dad's side of the family. I hadn't seen any 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

Yesterday we went to Cincinnati zoo. It was a really lovely day without being too hot. Our first port of call was the cheetah encounter where we got to see various cats, a red river hog (called Sir Francis Bacon), a dog and 2 cheetahs doing tricks for their trainers. We were impressed. To beat the rush we had an early lunch of hot dogs and fries and Rob was very pleased to be able to have a beer with his (Rob likes beer). Other highlights included a chat with the rhino keeper (Rob loves rhinos), the manatees (lettuce eating seal/dog type creatures) and the lemur talk. We managed to persuade Caleb and Ethan to remain interested by feeding them pizza and ice-cream. On the way to the zoo we drove through an area called Avondale. ... read more

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