Abbott Hotel Chicago

... place was a mad house as it seemed like everyone from the town was in here eating dinner. Coming from Texas, it was a bit different for us to see that there were many groups of people eating at the same table with others that weren't with them. We are used to a big group eating at one table, but here it was typical to see four groups of people eating at a round table and not know each ...

Tough trip to plan for ....20F in Beijing and 95F in Jakarta. A lot of business meetings and not sure laundry limits. I'll be outside if trekking to the Great Wall. I'm going to be all over the place. Packed a suitcase in a suitcase in case I see something to buy for the girls/family too good to pass up.

... Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great ...

... I moaned all the way for the first mile, and then, gradually, with a bit of encouragement from Jim, I started to actually enjoy it! Jim was in his element and would have cycled a lot further if I hadn't have held him back. We had such a laugh, even though we didn't make it as far as we would have liked. We would definitely recommend seeing the lake this way, but it's maybe a better idea during the Summer months, as by the end of the ride neither of us ...

... fuimos al internacionalmente famoso Art Institute of Chicago, una de las pinacotecas más renombradas del mundo. Es increíble la colección de impresonismo que tiene, y de modernismo, vimos cuadros muy renombrados de Andy Warhol, de Monet, de Van Gogh, Renouir, Seurat... Y... la razón por la que yo fui.... Aquí está el cuadro más famoso de Eduard Hopper: Nighthawks. El museo es más que recomendable para quien venga por aquí. Después de tomar un cocktail, el último en Chicago ...

... W Lakeshore is a good 10 minute stroll away from the Magnificent Mile and this is where all the fashionable are; with high end shops to exclusive boutiques, this is ...

... to the domestic departures.

we grab a sandwich and set waiting to be told that all flights to the midwest was delayed.
we nothing to do lots of bags and kit carrying we could go far.

Ohare is one of the most less entertaining airports in the world there nothing to do a few shops to buy candy and a few food places thats it

... Smitelena, Latvia. Just talked to him on the phone yesterday and we are very much looking forward to seeing each other. We met them in person at the Feast of Tabernacles in Estonia this past fall. From Latvia we go to Estonia and stay at Johnnie Lambert's apartment in Tartu. There we'll have a jam packed four days getting out a number of mailings of Good News magazines, Estonian and Russian Bible Study courses. Then on ...

... etc. etc. but for some reason I can't seem to find that middle ground that's needed to do very well with this job. But tomorrow is a new day and maybe something will click that hasn't before and all will be fine. The bright side to all this is that I'm now even more sure that I want to get further into a career in conservation and activism. As cliche as it may sound, I only have this one life to live and I want to make ...