Sunday, 27. July 2008.

It's time to say goodbye to Elaina and hit the road. But not before she covers us in gifts. 

She gives us tons of stuff and we say goodbye to her and her little cat and hit the road again.

Now we're off to Cleveland where Amanda is going to visit the best amusement park in the United States. I agree to go with her if she can't find anybody else to go with. Fortunately she does, so I can check some record stores and eat some good food in Cleveland. But more about that later.

We hit Cleveland early in the afternoon. Our host is Marie and we're her first CS guests. 

One thing I immediately notice in her apartment is her record collection.

I mean, I could understand seeing Dead Kennedy's and Crass, but PTL Club??? Awesome!

We listen to some Elvis Costello and then go out to pick up Sarah, Marie's friend and head to a wine bar.

Now, drinking Sprite in a wine bar isn't exactly what people do, but I get away with it and soon a friend of Marie's joins us for a chat. He's just seen the new Batman in the cinema this morning at 10 am (who the hell goes to the cinema in the morning???) and wants to go and see it again. He's secretly hoping that one of us would express a desire to go with him, but I bet everyone thinks he's a little bit crazy for wanting to do that.

Finally, his phone rings. Some girl is on the other side of the line and they agree to go see the Batman. He flies away on his cape (actually, it was a bicycle) and we never see him again.

We fly away to a late night diner and get some typical American food (french fries were there, I can remember that much) and then hit the bed. Amanda is all excited about going to the amusement park tomorrow.