2010 Trip: To Columbus, Ohio

22nd June 2010

Today, I got all my stuff together, caught three subways and then a bus to La Guardia. Then, check in, more security than an international flight, and we were on our way!

I sat around and waited for a few hours for our flight which was notoriously badly signed. Eventually we got a bus out to the small plane on the tarmac and after much more waiting, headed off to Columbus, Ohio.

My reason to head to this slightly weird destination is that the Origins Game Fair is held here every year, but you will have to read later posts to find out more. Columbus is not exactly what one would call the most interesting place in the world. It has a population of 1 million and probably the same number of cars. The central city is dead apart from a Walgreens (pharmacy/supermarket).

So, after trying to catch a shuttle into the city, I realised that these don’t actually exist unless you pre-book them. So I caught a taxi instead. As most of the hotels were booked up by the time I booked (3 months ago), my hotel was was right next to the convention centre and right next to the edge of my budget.

I grabbed dinner (vege burger and fries) in the hotel restaurant (actually one of the better restaurants in the area) and looked forward to tomorrow.