Benedictine Bed and Breakfast Chicago
3111 S. Aberdeen Street Chicago, Illinois, 60608-6503, United States
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Big 3 ticked off
Today we've managed to tick off the last of the big 3 museums that house collections sourced from the near east - namely, the Louvre, the British Museum and the Oriental Institute attached to the University of Chicago. A taxi ride south of the city in grey, foggy and drizzling, rainy conditions deposited us within the uni grounds - from there we consulted a map or two and made our way through the ancient buildings to the Oriental ...
Midwestathon
... To an outsider (and perhaps even an insider) the trip must have seemed sketchy: visiting Annie in Minneapolis, Becky in Madison, Jen in Chicago, then all the way to Albany to go to a wedding with a girl I'd just met. Oh, brother.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Another short nap just over the Minnesota border. On to Minneapolis, where Annie greeted me with a Werther's candy. 889 miles traveled since the night before, 20 hours on the road ...
Blown Away
... 9.5 million people spread across the US states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana
The city's notoriety expressed in popular culture is found in novels, plays, movies, songs, various types of journals (for example, sports, entertainment, business, trade, and academic), and the news media. Chicago has numerous nicknames, which reflect the impressions and opinions about historical and contemporary Chicago. The best known include: ...
We're Finally Home!
... got home. Ugh. Wasn't bad though, we did some reading, got some awful Chinese food, and, most importantly, discovered that Danielle was now a mom! Congratulations, Danielle!! We wish we could've just stepped out of the airport for a bit to go visit her, we probably would've had enough time, but we'll have to plan a separate trip.
Our Chicago flight was delayed a bit, but really no big deal, and we ended up landing safely, and catching a cab home. We arrived at ...

