We spent a week in Cincinnati one night

And by that we mean Kentucky. When we left Houston, we didn't really leave at all. We sat on the tarmac for two hours, already knowing we missed Rome. We did however, make it to the oh so beautiful Cincinnati airport, which we have now learned is actually Ft. Mitchell Kentucky. Confused? Delta was kind enough to give us a "kit" for the night, because the airport is no longer open past midnight and therefore we could not get our luggage. Laughing? Hold on...So Anne and I opted for the "it's really nice" Drawbridge hotel/motel/conference center/wedding destination/josting center/dog show arena/Medieval fortress. So here we are to blog about it because we just couldn't have made this up. We slept in our Delta Skyteam t-shirts after going to Walmart with Fred the shuttle driver to get matching clean underwear (which concerns us as Fred was very available for this run and went in to shop with us, but not for underwear like ours (thank God!). So this morning, we put back on our same attire with gold bond powder on it to make it "fresh" and slathered on our man deodorant from our "courtesy kit" (which by the way, if you miss your flight to Debuque or Rome, the kit is the same.) and decided to catch you all up to speed. We risked our lives walking to the Kinko's on the Buttermilk Pike. They decided that pedestrians should have to cross the busy freeway, every other block to access the "safe" sidewalks. In true form, we bucked the rules in one location and we are certain to have a good case of poison Ivy by the time we blog again. So back to the Drawbridge. We were asked by Fund for Teachers to document our trip and to please hold the bags they gave us for PR reasons. We thought our stop in "Cintucky" was too good to pass up. After all, the Drawbridge is a fine example of Medieval architecture. Think Renaissance Festival, meets motel 6 that is twenty years past remodeling schedule. Oh, as for Rome, we leave tonight on the 7:30flight, identical to yesterdays that we missed due to "weather" delays. So we shall arrive at 10:45am on the 1st instead of the 31st. Meanwhile, we do hope you enjoy the pictures of us on day one of our trip (scroll below). Stay tuned.... (Lisa)