"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey." -John Hope Flight Information Departure from Chicago (ORD): March 14th at 4:40 P.M.  1 stop in New York and then to Madrid, Spain. Arrival in Madrid (MAD): March 15th at 10:15 A....

We arrived at Emilys on the 22nd December, 2007. My family was spending Christmas in Missouri with hers. During this time not only did Father Christmas have a visit, we went to the Children's Museum and also the Arch. It was cold, but not cold, cold. We were given Jack O back, because at this time it had been decided he would become an IRD ambas...

Back home.  Good trip home.  Tired now.  Must sleep.

"The key for room 103, please?" I asked simply. "I'm sorry. No guests are allowed." replied the desk clerk at the Abbott Hotel on West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lake View district. "I'm not a guest. My name is Jack Drury." I said, spelling out my surname. "I'm in 103, please check the register." "We have a Mr. Lloyd and a Mr. John Drary, but t...

Today was a day for shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Did I mention shopping? We had lunch at American Girl, of course. DD brought one of her American Girl dolls, and they set a spot at the table for her too, naturally. We did some major shopping at American Girl of course, before we headed out for, of course, more shopping! We had dinner a...