Off To Amish Country, Part 1
...my living room looked like this. When I returned home several hours later, it looked like this: ...and my family room looked like this, ...which was a good thing; because it meant that my daughter, son-in-law, and two grand children had arrived from Los Angeles, and that for the next week my house would be a beautiful mess full of beautiful noise.
...received a brief respite from all the fun when we left the following day for an over-night visit to Amish Country,
...the main attraction for the children being the resort's Children's Village, a miniature town with play shops and a wonderful playground. And so on Sunday morning we picked up U.S. Route 62 and drove northeast, where we were soon out in farm country, Columbus, Ohio being in essence a provincial capital surrounded by rural country side,
...and farmland. We stopped along way for lunch in Utica, Ohio, at a place called The River's Edge Grill. In truth the food there wasn't great - my grilled cheese, for example, was constructed of one slice of orange cheesesque product between slices of white bread - however it sufficed to fuel us through the afternoon, until we reached Holmes County, ...the heart of Ohio Amish Country, ...and the Berlin Resort.
Views from our balcony. We settled into our rooms, then, the children being divided on what they wanted to do first, half of us headed for the pool, while the rest of us headed for the Children's Village.
The school house After a while we walked back across the grounds, ...to the hotel Then everyone except me met up at the pool, ...as I preferred rather to stroll around the building snapping pictures to the hotel, ...and landings, ...which, for some reason really appeal to me - I think mayhaps it's because they're all painted in soothing shades of yellow, as are most of the hotel's other charming nooks, crannies, and spaces, such as the gym, ...manicurist and massage room,
...lounge areas,
...and snack-and-gift shop,
has a movie theater in the building). After the swim we headed into downtown Berlin to seek out some dinner only to learn that the town is closed on Sunday night, including all the restaurants except for East of Chicago Pizza, which was fine by us, ...the deep-dish pizza being fresh, hot, tasty, and having a really nice crust. After dinner we walked for a bit through the town,
...to the Children's Village, ...where we played in the classroom,
...the pet shop,
...and the movie theater. Then our day was done, and so we headed back to the hotel and to bed. To be continued...
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