When I get the chance to sit down and totally relive a trip that we just took. I know it might sound corny to you.....but travelling with Paul is like one of the things I enjoy most in the world. We can go to the biggest of cities or the littlest of tourist places and still end up having a great time together.
This time it was a trip to Columbus, Ohio. This destination was chosen just because we wanted to attend the National Pizza and Ice Cream Show.........and it just happened to be located in a city that has had it's share of winter.
It was an early morning start since we had to catch a 5:05 am flight. That meant getting up at 2:30 am to get ready and get to the airport on time. It actually was pretty easy since we didn't get hardly any sleep the night before. Seems like we are always anxious and excited to go on a trip that we never sleep the night before.
Needless to say, the flight to Charlotte was extremely quiet. Almost everyone on the plane was asleep, but me and the lady sitting one row behind me. We both spent the entire 3 hour trip reading. Although, we did invest in something that we've been meaning to try on every trip. We got a set of these:
Must have worked good because Paul slept almost the entire way. Our layover in Charlotte was only about 40 minutes and we had to change terminals. By the time we hit the restroom and quickly hustled to the next terminal, we only had a few minutes before it was time to board.
Our adventure at the Charlotte airport was having to walk out to the tarmac and climb steps to get up into the airplane. Haven't done that for a few years!
The flight to Columbus was nice and smooth but when we landed at the airport there was absolutely no activity going on there. There was not a single plane landed there......when we exited the plane, there was a line of people waiting to board it to head back to Charlotte. Creepy being in an airport with the hustle and bustle of people.
Our next mission was to get our suitcases and call the hotel to come and pick us up. This was our first chance to experience the weather of Columbus!
He looks so serious. He has no idea what he has in store for him the next 4 days!
It was so, so cold waiting there for the hotel shuttle!
This was where we waited for the shuttle to pick us up.
After getting picked up in a nice and warm van, we headed to the Red Roof Inn in downtown Columbus. This is what it looks like in nice weather:
This is what it looked like when we got there:
We got there about 11:30am and they didn't have any rooms yet, so we headed over to High Street (where all the action is) and looked for someplace to eat lunch. I have to mention that we thought we had one of the best rooms in the hotel. They put us in a corner on the back side and it gave us windows on 2 sides of our room. It was really fun in the morning watching what happens in everyday life in Columbus. I had even more fun watching the commuters walk from their parking lots to their offices in all the snow!
This is some of the snow that we saw along the way. The temperature at this time was 18 degrees.
We found a Greek Restaurant and feasted on yummy food.
Next stop was to head back to the hotel to see if they had a room ready for us yet. We were so ready for a nap by this time......it had already been a long day. We slept for a couple of hours and then got on the internet to try and find entertainment for a Saturday night in Columbus.
Our search for something for dinner took us to this place located on High Street:
Barley's Brew House. What a good decision that was. The place was packed, but after a short wait we had a quiet little booth and ordered some of their famous char grilled wings and the Polski platter. We tried for the first time Sauerkraut Balls and Pierogies. Paul loved both......I'm more a fan of the Pierogies than I was the balls.
After dinner our plan was to go to Shadowbox Live.....a live theater place.....and watch their featured show Foreplay. It really wasn't a play, but a collection of skits like Saturday Night Live with a live band in between each sketch. We had awesome seats and it was a great way to spend our first night in Columbus.
Here's a couple of pics (not taken by us) of the show. It was funny, different, and entertaining. We really did pick a great thing to do on our first night there.
Can't believe how much I had to write about only 1 day in the wild town of Columbus. Stay tuned for the rest of the excitement...............
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