China Doll Country
Travel Blogs from Chicago
Flying MIA-ORD
... make it on the 2:45 flight from MIA to IAH. There were six empty seats and I was #7 on the SA list. I grabbed lunch at Burger King, sorted photos, talked to Mom, and texted some friends while waiting.
When it came time to board the 2:45 MIA-IAH flight, I checked the load again and was stunned to see “0” in the “Available” column. What?! There had been six empty seats just a couple hours ago. This is when I checked the status of flights ...
My kind of town ...
... hadn't changed a bit ... and even harder to believe what happened, but it was one of the best sporting comebacks ever seen. The three of us got very loud, very drunk ... with lots of Ole, ole, ole, ole's being sung. All taken in good spirit by Neil, the bar manager - who actually bought us a drink when Europe's 14th point was scored - and all the other Americans in the place ... although it did thin out pretty quickly afterward!
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More space
... drinks. Started out with a handful of us as most people wanted to pack or such and come down later. I bought the first round, or rather what I thought was the first round, for us 5. Maybe 2 hours and a couple of rounds later and after another 15 people had joined us, I find that most of it's going on my tab! My, how generous of me!! Lol, I was happy to buy everyone drinks, it was just a bit unexpected! Goodbyes were very ...
From the Big Easy to the Windy City
... And the house wasn't exactly big, it wasn't Jim level of small and was clean, but still! Paul was loving it, he said we had almost equalled his record of 11, and had like four spare mattresses for people to sleep on ha ha. Me and Snellers tried to share a mattress for that first night but after a very uncomfortable night clinging to the edge of the bed, were glad that Seth leaving to go back to Sheffield the next day meant that Snellers could be upgraded to the couch ha. The next ...
3 First Class Tickets Home Please
... and Mickell hadthe filet mignon with mushrooms. As I mentioned, I had a banana tart for desert and Major had the sundae. They've handed out pajamas and asked us to ring for assistance when we'd like for them to come turn ourpods into beds.
There's an Asian family on the plane as well and the three kids are sitting up here in first class while the two parents are sitting in business class in the next cabin back. It was funny because the mom came to check ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Business Services
- Free parking
- Pets allowed