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Chicago
Travel Blogs from Chicago, United States
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... do after? A. What are you going to do in June 2009? See, We're not sure either. For now the plan is to go back to the US, get a job, a mortgage, citizenship and a couple of brats. I'm sure by then we'll miss the Chicago winter ...
Leaving Chicago
Hello everyone!!! Well, the day has come. I'm finishing last minute details and getting very excited for the next adventure. I'm sorry I wasn't able to visit with more people b4 I left but the last week has been so bizie. It's amazing how complicated ...
Just kvetching.........
... a rest stop I bought a neck support pillow, shoved it behind my butt and drove like the wind. Went through Indiana and into Chicago (what, you thought I would have something witty to say about Indiana? C'mon, I'm not Mark Twain, it's Indiana for Chris' ...
A long way to go before our trip
... check in, go through security, and FINALLY begin our vacation. Luckily, today everything went very smoothly. The bus came on time, we got through security patiently despite the long wait, and our flight, United #222, was also on time and uneventful. ...
Chicago, Illinois
... shoes in Payless Shoes. the cheaper the better. You can see picture of my feet above. that day i took the CAF (Chicago Architectual Foundation) boat tour. The Chicago River flows directly through the city and the boat ride offers views of all of ...
Departure for Parts Unknown
August 31, 2006 Departure for Parts Unknown 1:30pm Chicago, Illinois Dear Readers: Two weeks at home / office between tours saw a huge amount of work accomplished. Jonathan and I cranked out a brochure that will hit the mails shortly after Labor ...
About to leave staging
... . I must say that it's rather surreal having someplace I've never been before be my last glimpse of the US. What I've seen of Chicago is really cool-- it's got San Diego beat in the skyline department. Anyways, it will take us all day to all get checked ...
Chicago Day 1
... Villa Park. Mom was excited because Villa Park is located right next to Elmhurst, the city that she grew up in when she lived in Chicago 50 years ago. Dad gave his talk called "Choosing God," which I have heard before and is one of my favorites. Then we ...
John Hughes Movie Tour and a beautiful city!!!
... I did the 90 minute river and bay cruise with the Wendella Boat Company. It was a great tour and very informative. The architecture in Chicago is just divine and the boat ride gave great views of the city, Navy Pier which is on the bay area part and just ...
My first Amtrak ride
I was so excited to take this train that Mommy and Dziadziu have been telling me about all week. We boarded the train and the train started moving as scheduled at 7pm. Then, about 5 seconds after we departed, the electricity went off and we ...
Bye America :( Hi Spain! :)
I had to say goodbye to everyone and it was sad. :( But I'm going to start a new adventure and will be back before I know it! ...
12:15pm departure from the house planned
The plan was to meet at mom's by noon and leave by 12:15. Shaaron was driving us. We left mom's around ...
Das Ende
The next thing I knew I woke up dazed on a British Airline plane. It was all a dream. Then I looked around and saw a London newspaper dated March 23 and then I felt something heavy in my pocket and it was the Medal I got and I looked around and everyone ...
LEAVIN' ON A JET PLANE...
... details have been busy and there always seems to be one more item on the "to do" list. Nevertheless, tomorrow we head to Chicago where we will spend the night for our departure on Sunday at noon with Korean Airlines en route to Bangkok. We can ...
Lose 20 pounds! And you still get to eat!!
... United doesn't have a contract with NCWSA. Well no shit. Um.. I don't have $380 and I have a connecting flight to catch in Chicago!! After calling STA to unsuccessfully arrange a flight on another airline, I had to get my 108 lb. bag down to 70lbs. So ...
It isn't cold? Beaches? Cheeseballs? Kickball?
... minutes. It was hilarious. What an awesome Day/Night!! Monday, July 26 Our Terrific Tourism Tour day in Chicago!!! Hilary and I started off with attempting to take a peek in Wrigley Field only to find out two disappointing things. ...
Cross Country USA
... a bear to walk out onto the beach at any point). After the coast trip it was time to leave Portland so I booked a train East to Chicago only to get a phone call the next day to say it had been cancelled due to flooding!! the only other way was to go down ...
Paris + New York + la plage = Chicago
Comme Portland ou San Francisco entre autres, Chicago nous a fait une forte impression. Encore une fois, il est difficile d'exprimer un avis sur une ville quand on en visite que le centre en quelques heures mais les rues de Chicago ont un certain charme. ...
O'Hare Chicago
... getting the map on the blog sorted out (it's a bit stubborn) Changed planes again, no shoes off this time but a massive United hub here and the airport is soo large and and diffilcut to navigate. Had first Yank burger ... terrible. Beer's ok. ...
It's the Batman
... I can see why it was called the windy city, damn it windy. After checking in I made my way to the United Centre to watch the Chicago Bulls play. Was very excited to watch them as followed them since the Jordan put them on the map. ...
Eve of Departure (and Happy Mother's Day, Mom!)
... is just around the corner. After spending some quality time with mom tomorrow on Mother's Day I'll be off, British Airways from Chicago to London. After a brief stay in London I'll take another flight to Istanbul, Turkey to begin my Europe > Middle ...
A foreigner's guide to having a road bike in China
China has a burgeoning cycling community. The lower level stuff is mostly mountain bikes (from now on will be called mtb) with a small amount of road bikes. However, the higher end is almost exclusively road bikes. Some Chinese are enamored by the grand ...
Practice Makes Perfect
Its late...I just finished packing. Not really the best move. I got home late because Tuesday nights are the nights when I have class. Instead of immediately starting to pack I decided to pay some bills and watch a little TV. The ...
Bad Bad Leroy Brown is alive and well
... to turn back and head west, it was getting late and the sun was going down...great! The road conditions in this neck of Chicago suck, Huge potholes, Fault lines and frost heaves that could break axles. we traveled back and forth a few times before we were ...
Von Häusern bis in die Wolken und einem See ...
... für mein Projekt treffen. Ich habe noch ganz viele neue Ziele für die nächsten Tripps - äh ich mein Forschungsaufenthalte in Chicago. Danke Trudchen für den Tipp mit de Chicagoer Uni. Werd mal meinen Betreuer drauf ansetzen. Zurück bin ich dann ...
Rocky Ride!
... a long wait we were assured our second bag would be sent through to Buffalo when it arrived, we raced for our connecting flight to Chicago, but missed it and had to take the next one an hour later. So after nearly 28 hours on the hop we could finally ...
Chicago
,It seemed okay to arrive early in Chicago.........this should make for a good trip, getting there early, or at least we thought so....until we were informed the plane to take us to London would be a little over an hour late. We began sweating and ...