No sooner than Matt returned to Columbus on Friday, we were in the car and off to Cincinnati on Saturday for an overnight. Our original purpose was to go to the Cirque de Soleil afternoon show with friends of ours, but Matt and I managed to pack an entire weekend of activities into 21 short hours.
In the elevator of our hotel, I ran into a friend of mine from high school that I have not seen in nearly nine years, so I had a mini-reunion. We then went to the show where Matt was able to eat his way through the pre-show appetizers and intermission desserts in the VIP tent. After a quick change at the hotel, we set off for dinner. We took a sightseeing shuttle bus for half of the trip and managed to grab a bus with half-a-dozen drunk women having a bachelorette party. Just one more item to add to the list. We departed the crazy bus and made our way on foot to the Montgomery Inn, where as you can see above, Matt managed to eat his way through some ribs and wings before calling it a night (how does he stay so thin?). The walk back to hotel was what we needed since we were stuffed with food, and then Matt and I walked up the 25 flights of stairs to our room, so we had a workout thrown in as well. Our friends Jim and Wendy opted for the elevator.
Sunday morning, we took off for a 6:30 run and crossed the bridge into Kentucky. The sun was just coming up, so once we were over the river, we had a nice view of the skyline. Of course being downtown we had to visit every major sports facility since they are all lined up in a row. There is a nice little elevation difference from the south end of the football stadium to north, which made for an interesting finish to a nearly hour and a half jog. So we had a sightseeing tour of the river district. Once we were back at the room, we grabbed a quick shower and hit the road to go back home, where we made a brief stop at the IHOP so Matt could get some chocolate-chip pancakes. I enjoyed the cinnamon-swirl french toast and did not feel too guilty about eating it after all the running/walking we did that morning.
Yet, the best part of the trip was just returning home. Goliath was glad to see us and spent the afternoon sleeping next to one of us as we watched movies. I think he is still tired from his surgery on Friday. He broke one of his front teeth and had to have it removed. He still won't let me look at it and I am pretty sure he is going to hold a grudge for a few more days. Oh well, it can't be any worse than when we had him neutered.
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