Back to Indy: Fast Forward

OK....I'm posting today about stuff that happened two months ago. I need to go fast to catch up. So here you go:

First week of March - Lots of rain, lots of work, and Theresa spends lots of time with grandbaby Kali. Lots of people downtown due to Big 10 basketball finals.

Second week of March - French employees arrive. Lots of cold and rain. Lots of work. Too many late nights going out downtown with vistors. Theresa continues to spend time with baby Kali.

Third week of March - More French employees arive. Lots of snow. Then lots of rain. Then sun. Lots of work. Too many late nights going out downtown with visitors. Lots of people downtown due to Indiana High School finals. By now, you know what Theresa is doing.

Fourth week of March. - Warmer weather. Rain. Maybe this was the week-end of the High School finals...I lose track of time. Too many late nights going out with visitors.

Last week of March & First week-end in April - Gorgeous weather. French guests begin to head back home. NCAA final four week-end in Indianpolis. TONS of people in town. Free concert by John Mellencamp on Sunday was very cool....they blocked off Monument Circle and built a stage for the week-end. Meridian Street was a sea of people. Tornado sirens went off just as concert finished. (Intro picture shows storm damage downtown...which people are still arguing as to whether it was tornado or just high winds.)

First full week of April - Remainder of French leave for home. Too bad because the weather is much better in Indianapolis than Strasbourg.

Second week of April - Work begins to quiet down. Spring in full flourish. Monster storms over the week-end with hail the size of golf balls. (Lucky for us...10 blocks away they were the size of baseballs.)

Third week of April - Greath weather . Amanada's 21st birthday on the 18th. Leave to go back to Strasbourg on the 19th.

So this is what we did over the month or March and April....

Just a couple of closing comments.

Overall, the French visitors were wonderful to spend time with. Though they were glad to get home, it seemed that all enjoyed their visit to Indianpolis as an adventure. For some it was the first visit. Things that they liked included the nighttime entertainment (especially blues music at the Slippery Noodle) and the shopping (several had to buy an extra suitcase to take back their purchases). Things that were very different to them were the roads (bigger cars, bigger roads, perpendicular streets.) and architecture (especially skyscrapers in Chicago) and the flat landscape (they missed the Vosges mountains on the horizon). Things they didn't like...at least what they admitted to...mostly concerned food. Portions in restaurants were much too large and desserts were much too sweet.