Days 272-275: Working in Ohio

Chris: Cincinnati, OH (hoteled)/John: Chester, MD (docked)

October 16-19, 2022

I’m not sure that I have ever visited a place like Cincinnati – everyone I met was really (rightfully) proud of their city – from the Uber driver to the gate agent in the airport, as well as the educators with whom I interacted and even the servers in restaurants. People genuinely seem to want to share the cool stuff with visitors.

I am lucky enough to be able to work as a consultant to schools who are beginning their journey to become Middle Years International Baccalaureate schools. I’ve been consulting with two schools who are partnering and who wanted to get some insight into their progress which meant that I was able to fly to Cincinnati for a few days.

It’s a short flight from BWI to Cincinnati, so I had time to check out the Cincinnati Zoo. It’s one of the best ones I have visited and the weather was perfect that day, too. (At least 6 people I met in the four days I was in the city made sure that I knew that Cincinnati had a great zoo.)

There’s also incredible murals everywhere. I especially enjoyed the one that represented Cincinnatus, the Roman leader for whom Cincinnati was named.

Even the airport was cool – although it’s actually in Kentucky…the signage is pretty clever.

Thursday will be a preparation day for us so we can begin traveling south on Friday. We’ll get one more grocery delivery here and also secure all of the “stuff” that we’ve been using since we arrived here at the beginning of August.