Holiday Inn Express Chicago-Downers Grove, Il

... 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 ...

... food market in Cork
-- Go horseback riding along the beach
-- Ride a horse and cart (jaunting car in Killarney National Park)
-- See the Torc Waterfall
-- Take a seafari Ecotour with Captain Ross
-- See the Kerry Bog Village Museum
-- Visit the Kerry County Museum
-- Go to the Caitin Baiters thatched roof pub n Cahirciveen just down the road from Glenbeigh
-- Eat ice cream at Murphy's Ice Cream in Dingle
-- Visit the ...

... I had to eventually leave the MM and do what a tourist does best, and that is start doing tourist-y things! In no particular order, I started a walking tour of ...

I was supposed to stay in Chicago for 2 days, maybe 3 at the most, but ended up staying over a week. And what a great week it was. Elly and Kit entertained me by getting drunk a lot, karoke, movie marathons and music gigs. Kit is a bass player in a band, so on Friday night we went to watch her play. Dave and Kerri-Anne came too which was cool, two old friends from school who are now married and ...

... Tribune Plaza is on Michigan Avenue, in the middle of what's known as the Magnificent Mile. This is definitely the more touristy spot in town, as well as more high end, with every store imaginable begging you to shop til you drop. Which is something that's easy to resist when your monthly budget is less than a pair of jeans at some of those places! It's fun to be among the crowds though, and the sidewalks are wide and the buildings are beautiful. The ...

... amazingly huge! I couldn't believe that he lived there alone! We sat down and talked about practicing the SGI and our experiences with the SGI. He shared with me he had some hiccups with certain situations but we talked more about it and made some sense out of it all. The bottom line is that any organization is made of people and as such, we show our human tendencies. It's normal. The key is to look and take action beyond such human tendencies and see what's important. And I ...

... in at a kiosk, use your name rather than confirmation number. Sun 23-Mar-08 Special Fare Manchester (MAN) Depart 9:40 am Terminal 3 to Chicago (ORD) Arrive 1:15 pm Terminal 5 INTERNATIONAL Total Cost of Flight- $960

After a flying with Virgin Atlantic from heathrow we had to connect here a Ohare to get to Omaha.

Wow the first experience of a delayed connecting flight due to weather conditions and AAirlines not flying we set here for hours waiting for the connection flight.

After a 30 - 40 minuiete walk accross from the international ...

... at the beginning of a cattle drive. Turns out they had been sitting in their airplane for two hours, the flight from Los Angeles through Chicago to Midway, now ground to a halt by mechanical problems. Little did we know at the time, two hours is nothing! "Passengers of Flight 843 to Sao Paulo, we're sorry to inform you that United Airlines Control Operations has decided to use your airplane for the flight to Munich. You will have to wait until ...

... dorm, the poxy smell police followed me in, didn't see them coming, good to see them again though. The place hummed. And I had the bed next to the door, bummed. Dumped the kit, bought a weekly transport pass and chipped in to Chicago for the rest of the day. Chicago, for those that don't know, is situated on Lake Michigan, one of the greats, and was burnt to a Walkers in 1871 by Mrs O' Leary's cow leaving 90,000 homeless on the streets. It was also home to the first ever ...