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Chicago
Travel Blogs from Chicago, United States
Bienvenue a Versailles!
... . The first waitress didnt speak english. We took a walking tour today, which became confusing. Too many streets and it's far from a grid-like pattern like Chicago. The was the first two days!!! I'm headed back to my place now to make ...
Leaving Chicago
Leving Chicago....small :45 minute delay...but basically on time...snow and temps in the 20's...hmmmm...Bangkok will be 103 on Saturday.....off we go! (interesting note,,,you don't fly as the pin points show on my map....you fly north west up ...
Its D-day
Well the time has finally come to say good bye... please write me often and keep me entertained with gossip...especially that OG stuff...haha. Anyways after finally after staying up all night and barely managing to cram all my belongings that I will ...
home.... for now
... that, US customs!!! Anyhow, back on the ground in one piece, I am totally still getting oriented and re-aquainted with Chicago, family and friends and am slowly getting back into a "schedule" *shudder*. I also brought home about 15 more pounds ...
Love Affair with Everywhere--Reflections
... nbsp;and not from the club lounge of a hotel or airport, today, I am writing from my home (well, my adopted 2nd home) in Chicago. It is a perfectly gloomy, well foggy, Saturday morning and I have no where I HAVE to be...just yet..and I'm loving it! I ...
Day 63 to 66 : Mostly sunny in the windy city
... time as we unjumbled the mass of freeway ramps & exits, identify bridges crossing the Chicago River, and squeezing along roads running underneath the rail line with trains thundering above. It's usually at ...
Chicago Day 2
... drive down Michigan Ave. brought us to the Water Tower. These buildings were the only two buildings in the city to survive the Great Chicago Fire (probably because they are made of stone, not wood, like the rest of the city was made of back then). After ...
Chi-Town
After we booked a hotel in New Buffalo, we started heading west around the lake towards Chicago. After going through 4 tolls, a thunderstorm, and almost 2 hours of traffic, we finally parked our cars and boarded the cta towards downtown. We walk out of ...
Moving On
... stop on average much faster than people in Atlanta do, which was a welcome change for me. However as we approached Chicago and eventually got into the downtown district, it quickly stopped being a relaxing drive and instead felt more like a ...
Pre Trip Trip
Before breaking off for a new adventure with random strangers, I revisit old adventures with good friends that are moving on. Boarding the plane for Florida I recall making the same steps almost a year to the day before. It is different now. I am alone, ...
Leavin on a jet plane!
... with the kids....okay none of them cried... And what's the deal with that when they left I cried... John and I boarded a plane for Chicago to make a connection to NYC....our flight has changed gates 4 times and is now over an hour and a half late..... But ...
Plans for my unplanned travels
... 13 Black.August 29 - Sept 5: Burning Man Festival 2011!!! Finally gonna make a burn... Sept 5 - mid September-ish: Chicago, USA. Hug the nieces and nephews. Sleep. mid-Sept - mid-Oct(??): More of Europe. Fly ...
the windy city!
So i'm here- only just nearly fell at the first hurdle at immigration the pig did not want to let me in... anyway i made it and everyone else is nice and friendly. Lins you'll be disappointed to know there was no cheese on the flight!! I didn't get ...
East meets Mid-West
After a successful move to the North West side of Chicago...Steve and Saul came out to visit. A few pictures and an entry to come later. Side note - I feel like I have lost a limb not having yet had Internet service at my new place. If ...
The Windy City - and more police!
This is a top pick! ... we managed to stray off the road we thought we were on, and its good to know so quickly where you have actually gone. Chicago skyline is impressive, but so spoilt by passing trucks and overhead gantries, so the photos dont really do it justice. Just bear ...
mmmm pizza
I write this one as we wait for our flight to las vegas. Chicago is a really cool city. After the hellish over-night 12 hour train journey we finally arrived in the windy city (its called that for pollitical rather than weather reasons) at about 10 am ...
The Pot of Gold at the Beginning of the Rainbow
Before setting of on our around the world journey, we had one very important event to attend - our wedding! It was even more beautiful and fun than we ever imagined. We were closely monitoring the weather all week as the predictions changed from sunny ...
New options
Hello everyone! Let me start out by saying that I'm not going anywhere. =) I am in Chicago in seminary, and it is going very well. I am planning on visiting Costa Rica again in the next few months, probably at the end of the semester, ...
I officially leave tomorrow!
It's midnight so I leave tomorrow! I officially have a small pile of things I have deemed necessary for a month long trip along with questions like how much conditioner do I really use in a month? Can I get by with three pairs of ...
More of the Mundane........
... is soul searching so it's not all going in this blog!) Wednesday night I took Tim out for dinner as a 'thank you'- great meal, but Chicago prices! Cigarettes (yes, am still doing that) as much as $7.30 a pack, I got a diet coke for $2.75; at this ...
Planned Itinerary
Planned Itinerary - Actual travel will be flexible as we find activities of interest at each location 1 - Mon Hotel AUCKLAND Native NZ Wildlife Encounter Kelly Tarlton Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World Sky Tower Sailing (coffee ...
Downtownnnnn.
... food Saturday night (because apparently any Mexican restaurants in Australia are make-believe & 'generic'). Then explored downtown Chicago all of Sunday, which included looking up Marilyn Monroe's dress, shopping in stores far deeper than our ...
Hanging around at my sister's apartment in Chicago
... for three days, we had some great food, saw "Pan's Labyrinth" (a very artistic movie which I recommend), explored some of downtown Chicago, and attended an architecture competition and lecture at the Art Institute. Caz and Reagan's apartment is in a nice ...
Lethbridge to Calgary to Chicago to Munich
... not much time to spare as we had to do the almost strip-down to get through US customs, just to change flights in Chicago. Landing in Chicago was a new experience for us as we had to do a fly around after the first attempt at landing; the pilot overshot ...
Chicago and the City of New Orleans
... kind of low-ceiling airport type space—much like Penn Station, actually. * * * The City of New Orleans originates in Chicago, continues through Illinois and onto Memphis and New Orleans. It is, in many ways, a trip through the history of American ...
Journey to Chicago
... ! Enjoyed a few toots before boarding and the flight was just fine, no TV but food not too bad. Arrived in Chicago at 8pm, people have been friendly and helpful from the word go!! Found our hostel easily by using their underground system and thought ...