Where did I leave off? Ohhhh yes, we had watched the Indians win at my last report....
After we checked into the hotel we walked about a mile into downtown Cleveland and ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Jake was fascinated by the pigeons in T
ower City Center and he tried to catch one. There are quite a few guitar statues inside Tower City as you are walking towards the Hard Rock. Alex and I felt this one was the most interesting and we just HAD to get a picture of it...isn't it neat and weird at the same time?Here is a picture Micah took to PROVE we were at the Hard Rock....he basically just wanted a picture of the sign behind my head. LOL
We were in no big hurry to get back to our hotel, so we took a little self guided tour of all the monuments around downtown Cleveland. Most of the time that we are in town we are in a car. It's amazing how much you miss out on if you are just "flying" through town. There are several HUGE war memorials downtown. However; Alex and I were most fascinated by the Federal Reserve building. The architecture and statues surrounding that building are really intricate and elaborate. Plus, Alex got to share some of her "college knowledge" with me reguarding Federal Reserve's. There is also a very large statue of Abraham Lincoln next to the Freedom fountain that rivals the Lincoln Memorial. You could spend hours downtown just reading the plaques and absorbing the history. I really love history...but not reading about it...I love going to the locals and seeing it for myself. He
re is a nice shot of the Freedom fountain and the "fam" chillin in the area surrounding that fountain as the sun was setting.
After all of our sight seeing we arrived back at the hotel. The boys found a way to play baseball and soccer with none of the proper equipment. They used the drum sticks Jake got at Hard rock and stuffed animals. LOL They had tons of fun -BOYS!! I will share the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame adventures next time :)
2 comments:
More family fun :) I'm glad you all got to spend that time together. I feel the same way about the history. I like the little weird history you get from locals more than the big historical picture. I'd rather know that the statue was sculpted completely out of gum that was chewed by camels than why the statue is there ;) hahaha It's so much more interesting to know the story behind the story.
The best vacation we ever had was going to Virginia and stopping along the way at several historical sites. We saw Monticello and some of the civil war battlefields...and George Washington's house. I found it to be extremely fascinating, but Alex and Caleb were to young to appreciate it. LOL
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