Columbus Ohio Continued......

This morning was spent walking the streets of Columbus having a look at all the places that Aileen used to wine, dine and hang out. Having lived here for around 10 years she was the ultimate tour guide.

Above are photos which can be enlarged, like all of the photos in this blog, by clicking on them with your mouse.

You will see everything from the town hall, beautiful parks, to the State Capital Building. The Ohio theatre is a beautiful building which i took many photographs of. The pabst blue ribbon beer sign also caught my eye high up on an apartment building.

Columbus is a lovely place with something to see and do for everyone. I can see how it would be an extremely fun place to live.

Nordstrom, Columbus Ohio

After spending the day in C-Bus we decided to go and do a little shopping..........American style. Nordstrom is a classy department store along the lines of Myer and David Jones in Australia. The only difference is that here we were fed caviar and a fine selection of cheeses and were also offered wine and designer beer to wash it down.

The plan was to go shopping and then head out to a restaurant for dinner, however after consuming large portions of the lovely food we were no longer hungry, slightly tipsy and ready for bed.

Enough said.

Columbus Ohio

This is another shot of the Olentangy. Not so glamorous though. This time you can see that the shopping trolleys have been thrown onto the ice. It must be a game for the local derelicts to see if they can get them to break through the ice into the freezing depths below.

Columbus Ohio

This is the Olentangy River. It was originally called keenhongsheconsepung, a Delaware word literally translated as "stone for your knife stream" based on the shale found along its shores. Early settlers to the region translated this into "Whetstone River." In 1833, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation intending to restore the original Native American names to some Ohio waterways, but mistakenly gave Whetstone River the name "Olentangy"—Delaware for "river of the red face paint"—which had actually belonged to what is now known as Big Darby Creek.

Anyway, here is a photograph of the point where it passes through Columbus Ohio. We visited there last sunday. It is a nice place. More photos to come.
See ya

Chateau d'Aquino

Aileens parents live in this house. It is a beautiful home, reminding me of a French Chateau or the like. This was before the snow began to fall. Once the skies opened up and the snowflakes were placed as if in a picturebook, this house was truly stunning.

I thought i'd make the most of the precipitation and take some photos.

My Yellow Kicks

So i've already mentioned the snow, but failed to mention that I bought two pairs of chucks last night at the gap store for $10 a pair. DEAL!!
Even cooler is the fact that one set was a sweet little yellow number.

Not having much experience in the snow and being super excited I decided to venture out. Chucks Fail!
Anti waterproof are two words that come to mind.

ITS SNOWING!!!!

So I woke up the other morning to Aileen telling me that it had been snowing. Knowing that I was so keen to see snow and that I was beggining to doubt that it actually snowed here, I was sure that Aileen was just messing with me.
Imagine my excitement when I walked into the living area and saw this view!

Time to get amongst it!