Cleveland, OH (Miles to Date: 3660)
Leaving behind us the peaceful and sublime countryside of Amish country we drove the 1 ½ hour drive up to Cleveland, OH on the banks of Lake Erie. Our plan for the day was to spend a couple of hours at the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Jack and Emily are developing a passion for music, and Jack in particular has a love for rock music so it seemed to be an absolute must for us to visit. The exhibits are mainly film and memorabilia, with some stations where you can listen to music. It is all very well done and we had an absolute blast watching the films of old stars (most of whom are admittedly dead) like Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix and Elvis Presley. To be fair Jack and Emily didn’t know who these people were but it was a chance for them to be educated that good music did exist at the time of their parent’s childhood. Having originally planned to be spend no more than an hour or so at the museum we ended up being their for more than 5 hours and were one of the last people to leave. All the Hoblets had a real blast.
Fortunately we did not have far to go to our resting place for the night, the Hyatt in downtown Cleveland. This is an interesting building as it had been a retail and office space before becoming a hotel – the main result being a picturesque building, but not being purpose built is somewhat quirky. Our room overlooked one of the livelier entertainment streets with a Blues theatre directly opposite, and it seemed like a good place for us to head out for the evening. We selected an Irish bar to eat in and dragged our meal out so we could listen to the live Irish band play a few tunes. We returned to our room and the street that had been the source of our nourishment turned into the street of our insomnia as the restaurants, bars and clubs turned out in the early hours full of people who’s sorrows for the Indian’s loss to the Red Sox had been well and truly drowned.
Leaving behind us the peaceful and sublime countryside of Amish country we drove the 1 ½ hour drive up to Cleveland, OH on the banks of Lake Erie. Our plan for the day was to spend a couple of hours at the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Jack and Emily are developing a passion for music, and Jack in particular has a love for rock music so it seemed to be an absolute must for us to visit. The exhibits are mainly film and memorabilia, with some stations where you can listen to music. It is all very well done and we had an absolute blast watching the films of old stars (most of whom are admittedly dead) like Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix and Elvis Presley. To be fair Jack and Emily didn’t know who these people were but it was a chance for them to be educated that good music did exist at the time of their parent’s childhood. Having originally planned to be spend no more than an hour or so at the museum we ended up being their for more than 5 hours and were one of the last people to leave. All the Hoblets had a real blast.Fortunately we did not have far to go to our resting place for the night, the Hyatt in downtown Cleveland. This is an interesting building as it had been a retail and office space before becoming a hotel – the main result being a picturesque building, but not being purpose built is somewhat quirky. Our room overlooked one of the livelier entertainment streets with a Blues theatre directly opposite, and it seemed like a good place for us to head out for the evening. We selected an Irish bar to eat in and dragged our meal out so we could listen to the live Irish band play a few tunes. We returned to our room and the street that had been the source of our nourishment turned into the street of our insomnia as the restaurants, bars and clubs turned out in the early hours full of people who’s sorrows for the Indian’s loss to the Red Sox had been well and truly drowned.
3 comments:
Nice Blog :)
My kids would freak to go there!!
hey hoblets, nice to see and read all about your travels. life goes on here, soccer, homework, and well you get the drill!
nice blog!
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