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Day 285: chicago
... with food and spices and when we go shopping we can fill it all up again, without worrying that it will be too heavy to carry in the backpack. And I've been sleeping in the same bed for the past two weeks. I didn't know that I missed all of this - until now. I'm on holidays. And I want more. Korean Airways change my flight to the 13th. For free. Thank you.
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A day of architecture
It's been a long day walking the south side of Chicago and in particular, the impressive architecture that is a legacy of the big fire that destroyed the city in 1871. As a result large parts of the city's architecture dates from the period of rebuilding that took place soon after the fire. The city is divided by the river that brought settlers to the area in the first place. South of the river includes the ...
Update 1; Asylum Experiment!
... nature, absolutely terrified at the start, literally hiding behind my hands asking over & over 'why did I agree to do this, WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?' (& I must admit, this was before we'd even made it inside!). But by the end I was actually quite obnoxious with my confidence & lack of fear. Laughing in the monsters faces, complimenting their attempts to scare us & in some cases, simply screaming back at them! It was actually ...
The Bears
... We make our way to luckys sandwich shop and Mark orders his 3 Sandwiches weighing a total of 6 lbs. Mark digs in to the first sandwich to find the cole slaw on the sandwiches kinda gross, after one round he quits and after trying it myself I have to agree the cole slaw is a deal breaker and really does suck. Tomorrow we go to Soldier Field for a photo op, then to South Bend so ...
Al Capone, Super Bowl and Cristal
... the boys, Amy and Leila (another English girl who was in our room). Bar number one was a lovely quaint little place with local beers (we very swiftly changed from beer to cocktails, best ‘skinny’ mojitos of our lives!) and got into the swing of things for the game. Em was obviously there for the adverts having had to study them every year in a business module and was more than a little disappointed, a stupid about of money is spent on them and I’m ...
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