10/2 First Day in Cleveland

 After an uneventful day of travel, Janet (my cousin), Stacy (her daughter), and I hit the ground running.  Well really a slow saunter, but you get the idea.

After breakfast we went for a walk at a local park.  Cleveland has lots and lots of parks.  They are still green, the leaves haven’t started changing.  This was a lovely paved path and it has a Senior Center that Janet uses, so she showed me around.  It also had a rec center that had a magnificent pool area.  A lap pool that was cooler, a toddler splash area, a lazy river, slides that went into a play pool and another large pool that were all kept at about 86 degrees.  Stacy definitely wants to join and Janet is seriously considering it.  The lazy river looked really tempting.

We did some shopping, went home for lunch and fed John (Stacy’s husband).  Rested in the afternoon and then went to a cooking school for a demo and tasting.  Tonight they were making 4 kinds of soup and 3 breads.

Austrian Cream of Potato Soup with Rye-Onion Bread

Victorian Pumpkin Bisque with Bacon, Thyme & Two Cheeses 

Smoked Salmon Chowder with Dill & Boursin-Pumpernickel Croutons

New England Clam Chowder with Warm Garlic Bread Sticks

All were very tasty, but we liked the salmon and the pumpkin best.  We took some wine to have with it and came home feeling pleasantly full.  

After a little TV to wind down we all went to bed.  I’m not quite ready to sleep, since it is only 8 pm my time so will read a little.

Janet has a lot of places she wants to show me so we will keep busy.