Once again, as happened last year, the internet connection at the hotel was there but quite slow on my laptop, so I am posting everything after the trip. It was one of the best trips we've ever been on!
Day Two - Monday, September 17th.
We arrived in Covington, KY and the
Radisson Hotel about mid morning. It was a great ride - we got a very early start out of Pittsburgh (and thank you again Tom-Tom - had it not been for you, we would still be driving in circles trying to find out way out of the city!)
Met up with Joe and Ann and walked over to
Mutter Gottes (Old Town) for lunch at one of the German restaurants there. The food was wonderful and it was warm enough to eat out on the front porch. Of course we had to have a large glass of German porter with our meal. ☺
We all unpacked and settled in.
The hotel is a round hotel - so the rooms are interesting - narrow at the door and wide out by the windows - each room has a little balcony. Our room overlooked Covington and we thought that was nice until we met Joe and Ann for happy hour in their room before heading up to dinner in the hotel restaurant. They had a view of Cincinnati and the Ohio River - another Wow! Carol and I were just a bit bummed about that.
The restaurant is beautiful - it's on the top floor and revolves - so in an hour you get to see the entire landscape - including Cincinnati, the river, and Covington. I kind of left the room view go but Carol mentioned it throughout dinner - what a nice view they had and our view kind of sucked. ☺ During dinner Joe disappeared and came back about 20 minutes later with 2 room keys. He had gone downstairs to the front desk and asked that our room be changed. Boy, did we get a great view! Thanks, Carol, for speaking up! Even with 2 happy hours under our belt and sharing a bottle of wine at dinner, we moved our stuff to our new room in about 15 minutes!
Cincinnati at night is dazzling and we had the view to prove it! If you visit the
Radisson Hotel website, you'll see what I mean...
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