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Several Days with Dad

A travel blog entry by yuyung

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It was all of a sudden.
I never thought of or dreamt of visiting US, until my dad was assigned to go to Chicago for an exhibition.

I did not like this nation at all.
But someone said that it's interesting to visit a country you don't like as you will find a lot of things out of your expectation.
That's why I did not reject …

Day 69

A travel blog entry by gypsydi

... in Ann Arbor, which is where the bus dropped us off and then a short drive home. Houses here are all 2 story with lots of space around them. Dropped Shannon off then arrived at Noelle's house, which is lovely. After spending time with the family I was off to bed as have come down with a ...

The Windy City is Mighty Pretty....

A travel blog entry by brixhambertie

... we discovered that, unfortunately, trains weren't running that day due to work being done on the line. Soooo, we split up with me wandering around the shops for an hour or so (no bargains) and then back to hotel and the train.

Of course we were old hands at the sleeper train now, minimum luggage, comfy clothes; it was a bonus to find two large unopened packets of sweets in the locker in our compartment - although I have to say we left ...

Science fact

A travel blog entry by arantius

... cool it was when I get shown that�Uranus rotates on an axis at 90deg to all the other planets, and I think wow that's amazing, so tell me how that works. �Nobody knows. �Ok, that's unacceptable, I want to know how that can be. BWB-only party in the Astor suite on level 32,�Ron Donachie who plays Ser Rodrick Cassel in the HBO show ...

Chicago Day 2

A travel blog entry by danielpinno

... lucky.Eventually the exhibit travelled through the Mesozoic Era which is the time of the dinosaurs, but even they have been seemingly 'recent' history. Some of the skeletons just look unreal and it is hard to imagine any animal that size could have roamed the earth.

Next we went to the 3D theatre where they expanded our knowledge of the T Rex called Sue who was discovered in the Badlands. We also went through the exhibits about The ...