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

Today is my day in the first official C of Ohio, Cleveland. The city has the popular reputation of an industrial mess. Much of this dates to one event in 1969. At the time, the city was an industrial powerhouse, and all those factories dumped their waste in the Cuyahoga River. One day, the river caught fire. Residents point out that other rivers caught fire before this, including previous fires on the Cuyahoga. This fire had the misfortune of occurring during the early years of the environmental movement, who made it a cause célèbre. The resulting campaign made the city a symbol of environmental wreckage, which it has never truly shed. (Sports fans have oth... read more

We arrived at San Francisco domestic airport and checked in our bags. "Where to?" the check-in man asked. "Cleveland" we said "???" he responded "Clevelaaaand??" "Why y'all going ta Clevelaaaannd?" "A wedding" we said. "Oh" replied the check-in man "Cause Clevelaaand aint whatcha call an international hot spot" "Very diplomatic" I said... The flight from San Francisco to Cleveland is 4 hours, 30 minutes but as we travel from US Pacific Time to US Eastern Time, we arrived 7 hours, 30 minutes after we left. We'd been advised by the Bride, Lisa, that the quickest way from the airport to the hotel was on the RTA Rapid Transit Rail system but she, as a Cleveland local had also told us 'in the spirit of full disclosure' (her words) that the RTA doesnt travel through the best ... read more

After taking a day off from travel and sightseeing we got up early today and took Karlie to doggy day camp so that we could spend a leisurely day in Cleveland seeing the sights and not having to worry about her in the heat. The drive to Cleveland from our campground was very easy and we found the city to be very easy to manuever around in as well. The Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame was our main destination and we were not disappointed. It is a very hoppin' loud place as you can imagine with lots going on. They were having a Les Paul tribute weekend when we happened to be there and so they had a trailer of Les Paul Gibson guitars out front to see. Craig, we thought of you and how much you ... read more

I have arrived in the Cleveland area for a week of orientation before I take off for Johannesburg on Saturday. I am staying with a host family with 4 children: Jack-18 Anna-15 Eliza-12 and Mira-9 I am staying in Jack's room while he is out of town for the week so it is basically me and 3 girls (why cant I ever have a brother?) They are a very nice family and live about 40 minutes outside of Cleveland, but only 15 minutes away from the Ambassadors in Sport office. I will be starting my orientation tomorrow and am looking forward to meeting the staff and also learning more about specifics about my time in South Africa. Coming off of a fun-filled wedding weekend in northern Michigan with my college friends and girlfriend, my emotions are ... read more

Overnight Megabus to Cleveland from Chicago. Not bad - took a Tylenol pm. Cleveland, Akron, Day 1 Arrived early to downtown Cleveland. My friend is lost and is very late. I walk around. Friend arrives - we get some grub at Cafe-Ah-Roma. Server is cute; I flirt. I got a pumpkin spread bagel. There is a church next door - I explain to my friend my enjoyment of gothic church architecture. We are in the University circle on our way to North Chagrin Reservation. Still cannot pronounce Chagrin correctly. There is a castle. The park is very pretty. Leaves are almost all off the trees. We park, get a map and start walking to the castle. My friend and I have diarrhea of the mouth - we go the wrong way. There are dogs - lots ... read more