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For
this month also, my husband and I were invited to attend a wedding of for
Brandon Tan and Sarah Bereza in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 10, 2015. Brandon is
the first cousin of my husband. Our final plan was going for a road trip from
Fayetteville, NC to Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Day
1
So
we decided to leave Fayetteville on May 8, 2015 (Friday) around 9:00 AM.
Cincinnati is a nine hour drive away from Fayetteville, NC where we live. While
it’s a very long hour drive however, we enjoyed the view of the mountains, hills,
houses, farms, bridges and highway tunnels.
We
stopped for a short break in West Virginia, had our lunch around 3:00 PM then
we continue our drive.
We arrived in Cincinnati around 6:35 PM, had our dinner at Korea House Restaurant and stayed in
Hampton Inn in Blue Ash city from Friday night to Monday morning.
Day
2
Its
early Saturday morning (May 9, 2015) and we had our breakfast in the hotel. The
hotel offers a free complimentary breakfast. They had variety of breakfast meals, drinks,
desserts and fruits. We decided to visit Cincinnati downtown to have a view of
the city. First, we went to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Cincinnati
Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Its collection of over 60,000 works
and has paintings by several European Masters, including: Master of San
Baudelio, Jorge Ingles, Sandro Botticelli ("Judith with Head of
Holofernes"), Matteo di Giovanni, Mattia Preti, Bernardo
Strozzi, Frans Hals, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ("St. Thomas
of Villanueva"), Peter Paul Rubens ("Samson and
Delilah") and Aert van der Neer. The collection also includes works
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille
Pissarro, Claude Monet ("Rocks At Belle Isle"),
and Pablo Picasso. The museum also has a large collection of paintings by
American painter Frank Duveneck ("Elizabeth B. Duveneck").
Then
we visited the Hyde Square Park. It was not crowded and it had a nice weather
during the time of our visit. Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the east side
of Cincinnati, Oh
We
tried Mexican restaurant for our lunch. We went to Mazunte Taqueria Restaurant in
Madison Cincinnati. We ordered tortilla chips, buttered fried fish tacos,
chicken enchiladas and tostadas. The food here was so delicious.
We
went also to Carey Crew and Observation Deck building. It has a 360 degree view
of the city. We were so amaze of the city for the first time we went to the
roof deck. We took a lot of pictures of us from the roof deck.
After
the Carey Tower, we walked to the riverfront downtown. It was great to see the
Blue Bridge, the stadium, the park, restaurants in one location. There were
families who enjoyed strolling along with their kids and pets. We were so glad
we toured and saw the beauty of the city.
As
part of the wedding, we headed to the rehearsal dinner around 7:00 PM. All of
the families, close friends and relatives of the bride and groom were all
there, joyously celebrating with the bride and groom. During the dinner also,
they celebrated the Mother’s Day specially dedicated to the groom’s grandmother
and all the mothers who have attended. The sons of the grandmother gave a special
message to her. A very touching and loving message to their mother, made us cry
as we listened.
After
dinner, we decided to have a bonding time with the entire family and headed to
Buffalo wings sports bar around 10:00 PM to have a small talk and catch up with
each other. We went back to the hotel around 12:00 AM.
Day
3
As
early as 9:00 AM in Sunday morning (May 10, 2015), the family decided to have
breakfast at First Watch restaurant for the mother’s day celebration. We
enjoyed the family get together, chitchat and the restaurant has very good
servings of food plus they gave assorted chocolates as their mother’s day gift.
It’s
the wedding day; the ceremony will start at 3:30 PM at Christ the Savior-Holy
Spirit Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church ceremony is different from Catholic
Church. It is a 45 minute wedding ceremony. First is the Introduction, The
exchange of the rings, The Procession, Declaration of intent and lighting of
candles, the crowning, the gospel, Removal of the crowns, and the last is the
greeting of the couple. It was my first time to attend a wedding here in United States.
The
bride and groom were looking good and looked so happy. The pictorial with the
bride and groom was up next right after the ceremony.
The
dinner and dancing was held in the Little Red School House reception hall. The
food was great and everybody was happily enjoying the simple festivity.
Day
4
Early
in the morning around 7:00 AM in Monday morning (May 11, 2015) we ate our
breakfast and went drive back home to Fayetteville, NC. Thanks for the awesome
experience Cincinnati, Ohio. Till next time..
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