When I arrived in Cincinnati on that balmy night in the summer of 2005, little did I know that this all American city in the mid west would be our home for the next three years. Well, time has literally flown and as I find myself days from leaving this fantastic city, I look back on my time here. Though professionally these were my most languid years, yet personally I think I definitely enjoyed my stay here.
We lived at the Harper's point community in Symmes township, nationally known for its excellent school district. This is a fantastic location,you walk across the street from the apartment complex and there are shops,restaurants, saloons...in short everything. There is another shopping complex right next door appropriately named "The Shops at Harpers Point" which houses a Kroger for grocery needs and a host of other shops and some very popular restaurants. All major brands, be it Best Buy,Circuit City,Sam's Club,Costco,Meijers... are right on the main Montgomery road, all within 5 mile radius.There is the excellent Bethesda North hospital a stone's throw away. If you want more choices, you could drive a couple of miles into Mason which has the picturesque Deerfield township center with a great array of shops and restaurants. In all the places I have lived in the US, I have never come across such easy access to all conveniences one needs in daily life. My work was only 4 miles away in Mason. So the setting couldn't have been any better.
Another fantastic place which we frequented during our stay here was the Sharonville park- over 700 acres of lush greenery housing a lake,beautifully maintained grounds,a golf course,fishing and picnic areas and the ever so popular children's play area.All this less than four miles from our home. Cincinnati's park system is enviable- thousands of acres of greenery and lakes with walking trails and picnic areas for families. The much bigger Miami Whitewater park is also nearby.
Downtown Cincinnati offers many great outdoor locations. The Cincinnati Museum is a spectacular structure which offers visitors various displays round the year and also houses the breathtaking Omnimax with a gigantic 360 degrees screen. I have seen some memorable nature documentaries here. The Titanic display which I blogged about in 2006 was also here and featured actual artifacts from the most famous ship in history.
The Newport on the Levee - the Ohio/Kentucky riverfront is also gorgeous specially in summers. It features an array of shops and restaurants on the riverfront offering picture perfect views of the Cincinnati downtown. You could drive into Kentucky and enjoy scenic views of Cincinnati across the river.There is the famous purple people's bridge which is a complete pedestrian zone and also offers climbing for a fee during summers. We spent many a pleasant summer evening enjoying a stroll here.
The Khron conservatory was another of my favorite places with its annual butterfly and flower show being a crowd puller.Cincinnati's zoo - the second oldest zoo in the nation is also fabulous though it was not a pretty sight watching polar bears in climate controlled areas when the outside temperatures soared.Another very popular retreat - the Paramount's King's Island entertainment park in Mason is also stupendous though we never made it there.
Every summer Cincinnati hosts the Western and Southern financial Tennis tournament featuring the top players in the world.It was a privilege to watch some of the biggest names in Tennis live here-Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams. Also got to see Sania Mirza playing Patty Schneider here back in 2006. The two regrets I have is I missed an opportunity to watch Tiger Woods when he played in Pittsburgh in 2007 and never made it to the Indy500/F1 in Indianapolis- about a 100 miles or so from here.
We also made several long weekend trips in and around- to the Cumberland lakes and forest,the enchanting smoky mountains and national park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee,the Memorial day trip to Sandusky and the Put-in-bay island in 2007,Hocking hills, the Red Indian serpent mound, the riveting Air Force museum in Columbus....
Cincinnati in winter is also very nice because it does not get pounded by snow as much as some of the other states. It does get very very cold but during my time here there were only a couple of snowstorms every season. I did get caught in traffic during one of those and it took me a marathon three hours to complete the four mile journey home!
I had a wonderful time and would love to be here sometime again.Though I was itching to move from here for a while, it was more due to professional reasons. Over the remaining few days I plan to take pictures of all the places I talk about here and do a picture blog and also video tape the local area.
Thank you Queen city,the wonderful people I met here, the friends we made...you all are part of a memory which will last a lifetime.Many years from now I would love to come back and visit all these places where we spent these memorable years.
So long Cincy...be well...Adieu!
We lived at the Harper's point community in Symmes township, nationally known for its excellent school district. This is a fantastic location,you walk across the street from the apartment complex and there are shops,restaurants, saloons...in short everything. There is another shopping complex right next door appropriately named "The Shops at Harpers Point" which houses a Kroger for grocery needs and a host of other shops and some very popular restaurants. All major brands, be it Best Buy,Circuit City,Sam's Club,Costco,Meijers... are right on the main Montgomery road, all within 5 mile radius.There is the excellent Bethesda North hospital a stone's throw away. If you want more choices, you could drive a couple of miles into Mason which has the picturesque Deerfield township center with a great array of shops and restaurants. In all the places I have lived in the US, I have never come across such easy access to all conveniences one needs in daily life. My work was only 4 miles away in Mason. So the setting couldn't have been any better.
Another fantastic place which we frequented during our stay here was the Sharonville park- over 700 acres of lush greenery housing a lake,beautifully maintained grounds,a golf course,fishing and picnic areas and the ever so popular children's play area.All this less than four miles from our home. Cincinnati's park system is enviable- thousands of acres of greenery and lakes with walking trails and picnic areas for families. The much bigger Miami Whitewater park is also nearby.
Downtown Cincinnati offers many great outdoor locations. The Cincinnati Museum is a spectacular structure which offers visitors various displays round the year and also houses the breathtaking Omnimax with a gigantic 360 degrees screen. I have seen some memorable nature documentaries here. The Titanic display which I blogged about in 2006 was also here and featured actual artifacts from the most famous ship in history.
The Newport on the Levee - the Ohio/Kentucky riverfront is also gorgeous specially in summers. It features an array of shops and restaurants on the riverfront offering picture perfect views of the Cincinnati downtown. You could drive into Kentucky and enjoy scenic views of Cincinnati across the river.There is the famous purple people's bridge which is a complete pedestrian zone and also offers climbing for a fee during summers. We spent many a pleasant summer evening enjoying a stroll here.
The Khron conservatory was another of my favorite places with its annual butterfly and flower show being a crowd puller.Cincinnati's zoo - the second oldest zoo in the nation is also fabulous though it was not a pretty sight watching polar bears in climate controlled areas when the outside temperatures soared.Another very popular retreat - the Paramount's King's Island entertainment park in Mason is also stupendous though we never made it there.
Every summer Cincinnati hosts the Western and Southern financial Tennis tournament featuring the top players in the world.It was a privilege to watch some of the biggest names in Tennis live here-Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams. Also got to see Sania Mirza playing Patty Schneider here back in 2006. The two regrets I have is I missed an opportunity to watch Tiger Woods when he played in Pittsburgh in 2007 and never made it to the Indy500/F1 in Indianapolis- about a 100 miles or so from here.
We also made several long weekend trips in and around- to the Cumberland lakes and forest,the enchanting smoky mountains and national park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee,the Memorial day trip to Sandusky and the Put-in-bay island in 2007,Hocking hills, the Red Indian serpent mound, the riveting Air Force museum in Columbus....
Cincinnati in winter is also very nice because it does not get pounded by snow as much as some of the other states. It does get very very cold but during my time here there were only a couple of snowstorms every season. I did get caught in traffic during one of those and it took me a marathon three hours to complete the four mile journey home!
I had a wonderful time and would love to be here sometime again.Though I was itching to move from here for a while, it was more due to professional reasons. Over the remaining few days I plan to take pictures of all the places I talk about here and do a picture blog and also video tape the local area.
Thank you Queen city,the wonderful people I met here, the friends we made...you all are part of a memory which will last a lifetime.Many years from now I would love to come back and visit all these places where we spent these memorable years.
So long Cincy...be well...Adieu!
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