Friday, August 11, 2006

Friday: day 6 in the USA.
Got to see the Cleveland down-town today. Had the feeling of a city for the first time. Closely aligned buildings, loads of people and music on the roads. But the story of attention to detail continues. The sidewalks, the landscaped areas and the roads seem to be laid out staright from text books, 1:1 scale. The markings for parking, road dividers, crossings, signboards... everything done and followed with precision. All trees actually have mulch around them. "Every inch is treated", though of and designed.
A road close to home was blocked for repairs. Every roads/street that connected to it had a sign-"road blocked ahead" a crossing ahead.
For the rest, the "city" is quite sparse. A church there and a house here. Each building gets its share of the green and "real" views. Everything is picture perfect. Down-town Hudson( which is much smaller than Cleveland) is smaller and "cuter".

1 comment:

dangkin said...

same feeling when i had my first walk in this country they called "land of milk & honey"..

wish you all the best!