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Travel Blogs from Schaumburg

Back to life, back to reality...

A travel blog entry by sdunat

... on an extraordinary adventure and I am so proud of myself for actually doing it. Usually, I would have come up with excuses or not wanted to have taken the time off of work or a million other things. People talk about doing a trip like this all the time, but when the thought popped in my mind to do it, I knew I had to follow through with it because I knew it was going to be life changing.

I drove 7,600 miles ...

Blowing thru the Windy City

A travel blog entry by thelovejourney

... Witch was from the east. Does anybody really know where she was from? Does anybody really care? Ooops, I digress.. Forgive me.

One day we took the El train and the bus to The Field Museum and saw the Genghis Kahn Exhibit. Very interesting. Who knew? All this time I have pronounced his name with a hard 'G'. It's actually pronounced Jingus Kahn. This brutal man who conquered and killed millions to expand his empire also achieved ...

Planning is overated anyway

A travel blog entry by fran.martin

... In really need to get on top of that, so instead I downloaded some walking tours. She can be very dull, my rational side. Luckily I don't let her out much. But in this case I think she was rihgt, becasue the tours took me in and around more parts of the city. So this morning I was all ready to go first thing, until I went to check my phone (where I had downloaded the tours to) and realised it had run down overnight. Bum.

So it got plugged ...

Jazzy blues in the "Windy City" of Chi-town!

A travel blog entry by kaydeetravels

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... to the park is a big outdoor ice-skating rink which provided a hilarious hour of entertainment on our first evening. Dave has never ice-skated before so he was rightly cautious and holding onto the barriers. Myself, on the other hand, had a bit too much confidence and I was attempting to skate backwards before I could barely stand-up. Needless to say I have a few bruises… well worth it though, we had a blast!

We explored the ...

Shiny bean!

A travel blog entry by tim_jac

... maid which freaked me out because they were so lifelike! Stopped in at the coolest Maccas ever (Rock N Roll McDonalds) for a pit stop and to use their WiFi. Dropped into a huge sports store to check out the local sporting paraphernalia. Compared my hands with the concrete imprints of Michael Jordan's ...

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