Milli says: Just a few things that I have forgotten with all the jetlag and cold. There is a lot of dog poop around because its all concrete (except for central park), and yet people still have many - and quite big - dogs which I hope are mainly in houses but doubtful. The class system seems to be interesting, more on that later. But a taxi driv...

The magnificient mile city. Capital of Great Lake District. I found it great, magnificient, so RICH!!! A special thanks to an Italian Restaurant where we could enjoye a lot (VERY GOOD FOOD and not expensive)

Flying from Lexington, Kentucky to Chicago (O'Hare) to Paris (Charles de Gaulle).

Day 225 Tuesday 15 August 2006 After a pretty painless flight from Calgary to Chicago - 5 days after the fallout from the capture of the bomb suspects in London - I arrived in my new home for the next 4 nights the HI Chicago hostel. It's seems a really good hostel to stay in apart from the room is very expensive for a 10 bed dorm with one bathro...

Flew from O'Hare to Heathrow. Overnight near Heathrow . Continuing to Sweden tomorrow.

1)Chicago was an extremely busy city, with tons going on. We went up to NorthWestern to see the campus and get out football tickets for Saturdays game against Penn State. We also visited Navy Pier. There are NO RV campground near Chicago. We park about 30 minutes out of town in Indiana. 2)We start out early to see a Cubs game. We find Wrigley Fi...

Yesterday, I quit my job, Jess came home from school, and we both tried frantically to get everything checked off our to do lists. It's taken about 4 months of full time planning, 8 months part time, and has been in the back of my mind since last March when United started the promotion. In case you didn't already know, Jess and I both got free t...

Because John flys all the time, he gets to be part of this red carpet club thing in the airport that is pretty much a country club. As we were standing in line to board, we were called to the podium. We thought we were in trouble, but instead the upgraded us to BUSINESS CLASS! It was awesome. We each had our own television, our seats layed back(...

There are two reactions I get when I tell people about this trip: One is "Wow - what an amazing experience that's going to be! I wish I could go" The second (and this often follows the first) is upon learning that I am traveling alone. It's not usually what people say that give it away, but the incredulous tone of their voices as they raise thei...

While I was glad to get off the road for four months, winter is not the best time to be in Chicago. Today is my one year anniversary of employment. It's also, of course, the one year anniversary for Kensington. Please, hold your applause.