About a month ago my sister Susan and I flew back to Denver from Florida with a 2-hour layover in Cleveland. This was the first time I had been in Cleveland since I was a kid, and it was interesting listening to the various passengers talking among themselves as the plane approached Hopkins International Airport. Several used to live in the Cleveland area and were visiting from Florida, talking about how much snow they used to have every winter. Current residents mentioned how close they lived to Lake Erie and how much snow they got this past winter. And as the plane flew beneath the clouds, I snapped the photograph on the left, which looked exactly as I expected - rain, fog, and cold.
Once we got off the plane, we found a nice place to eat called the Paninis Bar and Grill, which is a local chain around the Cleveland area. The food was good, they served IPA on draft, and everyone was very friendly. And so, it was a very pleasant layover. And thinking back, those trips to Cleveland back when I was a kid weren't bad at all. I remember attending the weddings for both my cousin Judy and cousin Linda, who lived with our Uncle Bill and Aunt Elsie in South Euclid, in the eastern suburbs. I even remember us all going to an amusement park called Euclid Beach one rainy evening during our visit. And my friend Mark just got back from visiting someone in Cleveland and really liked the place. And so, will I be vacationing in Cleveland in the near future? No way, but still, I admit it appears to be a nice place. Just stay far far away during the winter.
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