Seniors Find Fun in “Queen City”

Can you spell Cincinnati? Cincy is easier, and that’s what the locals call it. It’s one of those words like Chillicothe, Mississippi or Tennessee. Seniors, have you been to Cincy yet?

Settled in 1788, the city is located on the north bank of the Ohio River at the Ohio−Kentucky border, near Indiana. With around 300,000 folks, the third largest city in Ohio it is known as the “Queen City“.

Cincinnati was the only 19th century American city that left a favorable impression on the then 30-year-old English author Charles Dickens. “Cincinnati is a beautiful city; cheerful, thriving, and animated,” Dickens wrote in “American Notes. “I have not often seen a place that commends itself so favorably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does: with its clean houses of red and white, its well-paved roads, and foot-ways of bright tile. Nor does it become less prepossessing on a closer acquaintance.”

Sir Winston Churchill once proclaimed it to be America’s most beautiful inland city in the states. Today Cincy is one of the “top 10 cities that rock,” so it’s no wonder Cincinnati is a favorite destination of modern senior enthusiasts.

Attn. Senior Sports Fans and Architectural Admirers

Sports fans know that the Reds and the Bengals (BsB and FB) call Cincinnati home. The University of Cincinnati Bearcats call it home as well.

The city is known for its fine collection of historic architecture. Over-hte-Rhine a neighborhood just to the north of downtown Cincinnati, boasts among the world’s largest collections of Italianate architecture, rivaling similar neighborhoods in New York City, Vienna and Munich in size and scope.

In the late 1800s, the city was commonly referred to as the ‘Paris of America’, primarily due to its significant architectural projects. Downtown Cincinnati is focused around Fountain Square, a popular public square and event location.

As for you senior gourmets, the city has many restaurants located along on the banks of the Ohio River. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the country. More than half-a-million herren und frauen converge on a six-block area to eat, sing, mingle, sport lederhosen, listen to great polka music, try to speak a little German and perform the Chicken Dance after a couple of “bier hier.”

Welcome to Cincinnati USA covers the best Must See Attractions. The Cincinnati Music Hall is a major visitor site along with the Springer Auditorium known worldwide for it’s outstanding acoustics. The city’s early economy was based on the pork industry and today is celebrated annually with the Big Pig Gig.

Seniors who enjoy amusement parks will have an unforgettable thrill riding the greatest wooden roller coaster ever built at Kings Island. Senior visitors will find Cincinnati to be a great place to visit.  jeb