Planning our Spring Break trip to Spain and family set up of TravelPod site. Jeez...the language barrier and getting through Spain will be easier. " I don't want to call it Mauro08"..... "That's boring."......"Don't capitalize our screen Name" ..."I want my own blog" . OK ...go to bed girls, we'll do it. 11 days counting down. I still haven't bo...

Thursday we left Godfrey, IL at 11am and arrived in Chicago around 4:30 pm. We got the key to our condo at Lake Point Tower and discovered what a great place it was! We got a few groceries from the store in the building and then unpacked and waited for the kids to arrive.

Once they finally found the place John helped them get settled in, ...

We decide to grab a bagel sandwich this morning - will grab a Jamba Juice later on up by the Hancock building - so we head to the always-reliable Dunkin' Donuts. As we're standing in line, I realize the most annoying song is playing - a 60s song called "Soldier Boy" - and find solace in the fact that the song will soon be over. Except as soon as...

Cleveland was not very eventful. Even less so was Mentor, a suburb of Cleveland, where Motel 6 was located. The most exciting during our stay in Mentor was the purchase of a fantastic hello kitty steering wheel cover and hello kitty protection for our car. Heading west we arrived in Chicago on a friday evening. It was good coming in my old offic...

After we left Minnesota we headed for Denver but due to the rail times etc we had to do a one night stop over in Chicago and since we hadn't managed to get a night out in one of the Blues or Jazz clubs we thought this would be the perfect excuse! We headed to our hostel, which was different from the last dodgy one we stayed while in Chicago - th...

Pre-Departure: Day -23 and counting So, as many of you may or may not know, I am currently preparing to depart to Granada, Spain in exactly 23 days. It's going to be a CRAZY three weeks as I have not only to pack for the trip, but also say all of my goodbyes to those I adore!! To my family that is too far away to see in person-I love you all! I ...

Well, I've just arrived at my hotel in Chicago and I can already tell this trip is going to be great. Driving downtown from O'Hare, the skyscrapers will the horizon as you approach. It feels like a big-time American city, I half-expect to see wiseguys walking down the street. Gonna go out and look around for a bit.