British Expats - Memorial Weekend Getaway?

Well.....we ended up in Cleveland, Ohio - 500 miles away!

We were astonished that there was hardly any traffic on the roads. We mostly stayed on I-80 to get there and just took a couple of deviations to get lunch and to avoid single-lane traffic at some roadworks. We left at 11am and arrived at the hotel 6.40pm.

On Saturday morning we went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, one block from the hotel....it was v. good.

I then went to the Science museum next door with our son as they have the 'Bodyworlds 2' exhibition on. I saw it a couple of years ago in London's Brick Lane (it was a much larger exhibition in London) and even my son (who hates going to museums) agreed that it's very educational and informative. It's where people have donated their cadavers after they've died to be 'plastinated' ie. preserved in various conditions - mostly in slices to show how the body parts function. They also do this to animals...there were a couple of camels on display in Cleveland...the horse with the human rider on his back is in Chicago at present. It really is astonishing to see perfect lungs and cancerous lungs for example.

On Saturday evening dad and son went to see the Cleveland Indians play baseball against Oakland and watch the fireworks afterwards...I stayed relaxing at the hotel and going for a swim.

We returned yesterday...took a leisurely drive through rural Pennsylvania (Rt 6) through the Alleghany mountains and State forests...it was like driving through Wales...and hardly any traffic at all and not a single traffic jam.

We've had a relaxing day at home (weeding the garden!) and hubby is off to run with the hash this evening...whilst I watch the Coronation Street episodes he's downloading for me. :)