Chicago, United States Travel Blogs

...   back to San Francisco where we first started out and we said goodbye, Maureen going home to San Diego, and myself home to Chicago, and 4 inches of snow, good thing I left a pair of snow boots and a warm jacket in storage at the airport for my return ...

A travel blog entry by elizacass
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... ! We would have never been able to figure out the walking, buses, trains and underground in such a short time without him! Chicago is huge (over 3 million people), so after arriving at about 3pm on Saturday, Antonio quickly had us out and about to see ...

A travel blog entry by brent-n-toby
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... a refund even if the shirt was defective. Can you even imagine such a thing in the U.S.? SEX and VIOLENCE The Chicago franchise of the company that Melanie works for has a spectacular photography collection -- one of the earliest, broadest and "most ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... Midway airport it was very easy to get to the downtown area of the city, often referred to as the Loop. The CTA (Chicago Transport Authority) Orange Line took me straight to the HI Chicago Youth Hostel for $1.50 in about 30 minutes. The hostel itself ...

A travel blog entry by jawad
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... paperwork and negotiation, Melanie arrived in Amsterdam on April 6 with 2 cats, a cello and FAR too much luggage. The Chicago airport was relatively easy to navigate due to the availability of porters, but I quickly learned that in the Amsterdam airport ...

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... and therefore just easier. However, I had forgotten just HOW crowded Michigan Avenue can be on a weekend afternoon. When living in Chicago we had always avoided it on the weekends, and now I remember why! SO MANY PEOPLE!! The rest of the week was ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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A travel blog entry by tysonv
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Every Journey Starts with One Step but my finished 37 hours later in my hotel room. I caught a flight from Chicago & then went down town to catch a bus to Rapid City. The Bus station made Bus Aras look posh :-) It was direct bus from Chicago to Milwaukee ...

A travel blog entry by sunnysean
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The windy city. Beautiful buildings with lots to see but its another city for me and the weather wasn't great. The hostel also put a dampner on the whole event as it was 3/4 of an hr outside the city, hey you win some you lose some. Kt and i went ...

A travel blog entry by suzukistorey
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A travel blog entry by susan_g
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Alex: Due to our wanderlag we didn't do too much in Chicago. The library (which was an amazing building - it kind of reminded me of a birthday cake because it was dead square with ornate green metal work at the top like icing) gave 2 hours a day free ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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Hello Everyone!! Thank you for visiting the site.  If you'd like to receive e-mails to let you know that we've updated the site please select the icon on the right under our picture which reads (Get email updates).  You will then be asked to " ...

A travel blog entry by basa1126
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... tickets are prime seating - he heh he all for $20. So here I am enjoying the sights and sounds of the baseball in Chicago. Looking around and seeing the poor dads and uncles who sit the whole game with a baseball glove on hoping to catch a ball for ...

A travel blog entry by jrcormack
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... be called "magnificent" is beyond me) and, of course, deep-dish Chicago pizza. We were also lucky enough to come during the Chicago Blues Festival, which I checked out today. I only spent an hour or so since it was so crowded and my knee has been acting ...

A travel blog entry by jwatson
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... . Janice seemed to have no problem, fluidly ordering several multi-colored cocktails. After our short time in London we finally entered the United States through JFK in New York. Part of me expected INS to throw me a welcome back party and another part of ...

A travel blog entry by jmo
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... 's largest cookie and cracker factory, where Nabisco made 16 billion Oreo cookies in 1995. Chicago produced the first: roller skates, 1884 steel frame skyscraper, 1885 elevated railway, 1892 ...

A travel blog entry by mattmcshane
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... is one of the few parks that is dedicated to preserving the works of humans. Although the Four Corners area of the United States is part of a large Navajo reservation, the Navajo people are only recent residents of the area. Before them lived a group ...

A travel blog entry by bradleyt
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I love this place! After seeing Niagara Falls and Buffalo my faith in the States was beginning to wane but Chicago... this place is something else. I walked out of the station on Sunday and was immediately greeted by a plethora of beautiful skyscrapers. ...

A travel blog entry by bobsonthegreat
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... in the dark. When we woke up on Monday the power had finally come back on. We went to Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Wrigley Field is one of the oldest baseball grounds in USA. We walked around it and saw many houses that had ...

A travel blog entry by shonandgraham
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A travel blog entry by mikeysoft
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... seeing everyone and it really made us miss home. Thank you to Sarah's parents for having the party!! Our short trip to Chicago was great... we even got to stay an extra day because our flight on Sunday was delayed causing us to miss our connecting ...

A travel blog entry by basa1126
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Hi Guys, You can read our update from Chicago, U.S. in our entry from Montreal, Canada entitled 'It's the End of the World as We Know It......'. Cheers, K & S

A travel blog entry by kevandsian
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DH, DD & I got to spend some time amongst the treasures of the Art Institute of Chicago back in 1997. It really is a wonderful museum. I enjoyed seeing Grant Wood's masterpiece, "American Gothic." We also took in a special exhibit, "Renoir's Portraits: ...

A travel blog entry by kitkatgo
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I didn't realize how hard it would be to say goodbye. I'm scared at this point, nervous, and I think I'm excited...it hasn't all hit me. I'm a little disappointed in Joe's lack of time or emotion for me leaving today... we'll see this time away will be ...

A travel blog entry by kimberlysarna
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I can't believe time has gone by so fast, but alas,I am home in Chicago! I plan on going back and updating any blank entries I may have left, and adding a few pictures. My trip has been an amazing experience that wouldn't have been complete without ...

A travel blog entry by kimberlysarna
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