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Travel Blogs from Chicago
Terminal 2
... 8217;t sit well. A few of us were really sick last night before bed. Despite it all, we got up took some antacids and pulled through. Wish us luck with keeping what’s left in our stomachs in there. - Isaac
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Hi Obama - Nice meeting you!!
... over the city ... very nice indeed. Before we knew it, we had to be gone & ran to get the 8.40pm train. Next stop was NAPPANNEE, Indiana, (the only place in the USA where all letters of its name are used twice) only about 100 miles from Chicago, where we visited Newmar, the company who built our RV. We enjoyed an excellent tour of the factory, it was most interesting seeing what goes into the production of an RV. ...
Chicken in the Car....
... miniature rooms that was very interesting - they looked like doll house rooms. Then we walked (and walked and walked), went through Millennium Park and saw Cloud Gate. Walked through many really nice parks, and saw Navy Pier in the distance. Ended up at Gino's East, a pizza restaurant recommended by Kelly's dad who used to eat here on layovers when he flew for American Airlines. We arrived and the line was down the block - took about ...
The Empire Builder, Day 1
It was a day of Amtrak that started at 11:59p the night before.
Coach class from Pittsburgh to Chicago on the Capitol Limited.
Seats? Wide with plenty of legroom.
Pillow? It was an iPad, just without as much cushioning.
Cabin Temp? Maybe 27 degrees ... I am being generous. We had endured heat, heat, heat to that point everywhere we went, so we were ill-prepared for arctic weather. Also, the gentleman in front of us snored, ...
Shopping, The Aquarium & Jazz
... the cars and decide to take a look at the Aquarium. We park the car under Soldier Field (the NFL Football ground) and make the short to the Aquarium where it is pretty busy. They are having a jazz night/food/drinks etc which they run each summer....$40pp and you get to walk around and look at the various exhibits except for the regular shows that they put on during the normal hours...(a bit disappointing ...