Sunday, July 24, 2011

Indianapolis

We stopped in Indianapolis for a short time. We saw a monument getting built. It was a memorial with a winged person on top. It was a nice and mild city, not too hot or cold, and it was pretty much empty. We went to the capitol building there. We couldn't get in. There were random statues and busts of people outside. There was George Washington and Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was donated by the Italian Society. There was also a monument to Abe Lincoln whose body passed by there.
All in all, it was a pretty nice place.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Annapolis

Annapolis was not a fair place. We all know that it's the recession and people are getting laid off. But that doesn't mean that you have to trap people and demand money. Well, unfortunately, that is what the police department did. I drove down an avenue(the exact name slipped my memory) in this little town. It was pretty nice with quaint little streets and nice houses. Up ahead, I could see lots of cars pulled over. I was intrigued and therefore slowed down. There was a man in pajamas sitting on a bench on the side of the road. I passed him and suddenly, I was pulled over! "What did do?" I asked the policeman. "Well, that man over there was gonna cross but you didn't let 'em!" This outrageous statement nearly made me shout. "He was sitting there, so how could he have any intention to cross?" You know the real kicker then? The policeman just said "Beat's me." He proceeded to charge me $80. I circled around again back to the little street. The hobo-guy was still sitting there. "QUICKLY! Cross already!" I yelled as loud as I could. "What?" "Cross already!" "I don't need to cross now." he said. That infuriated me even more. When I passed the policemen, I rolled down the window and said, "That guy didn't want to cross." He yelled across the street to the hobo-man. "Is that right Joe?" That hobo was actually a policeman dressed up! Joe must have said yes because the policeman thew his pen at me as I was driving away.

Monday, July 4, 2011

The three c's

The three c's that we went to were Cincinnati, Chicago, and Cleveland( in that order). Cincinnati had nobody on the streets even though it was a weekend afternoon. It turns out that everybody was at a concert. Cincinnati had a huge library. The downtown was full of one way streets. That made it confusing. We ate lunch at a La Rosa's. Something happened later.

Then, we went to Chicago. Actually, we went to Naperville. It was a pretty nice small town. There was free parking and a big bell tower. Chicago was not that nice. It took you thirty bucks to park for an hour. The Chinatown however, was really nice. The food was exceptionally good. The stores had wonderful products and they were all at reasonable prices. The grocery stores sold teas, spices, herbs and others.

Cleveland was also like Cincinnati. They had a large city with barely any people in it. The did have a Rock and Roll hall of fame though. The streets were narrower than Chicago streets because Chicago burned down and it was rebuilt with bigger streets.