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Travel Blogs from Chicago
The Windy City - and more police!
Usual early start, and we again followed State roads instead of Freeway, more enjoyable by far. Made our way into Chicago, with a mixture of satnav and map. The satnav wanted to send us on the Toll Road, whilst we preferred a more direct, scenic route. However, having the satnav tell us how far we had gone was handy. I wouldnt like to do it without …
Vaterländer
... in Strömen!) verdeckten jegliche Sicht auf das doch recht interessante Orchester und man schmetterte God Save The Queen - nein, Moment, die andere. Habe mich tatsächlich köstlich amüsiert und ganz weit hinten klingelte ein kritisches "Aha, warum findest das denn eigentlich so lustig?".
Einige Tage später: Inzwischen habe ich die obligatorische Diskussion über den deutschen vs. den amerikanischen Nationalstolz hinter mich ...
Thar she blows
They don't call this place the windy city for nothing, it blows. It blows hard hahahaha, the good thing about it is that Chicago, the state of Illinois has been the only state to show me sunshine. It would have been a sensational day if it wasn't for the damn wind. So I rolled into the city of Chicago at about 9:30 this morning and spent about 2 hours trying to find the start sign. With all the one way streets, roadworks, the E, ...
Milwaukee day trip
... weather had been lovely in Chicago, the clouds had built up as we crossed the border into Wisconsin and by the time we made it to Milwaukee it was pouring. We got inside and bought our tickets for a brewery tour. The people on front of us managed to get tickets to the 2pm tour but there wasn't enough room for us so we had to book a tour for 3pm. In the meantime we headed to a nearby cafe/bar to get some food and make use of the ...
Chicago..the Windy City & Architecture Open House
... it even had a mini church and organ within the building. The stunning art deco church of Chamberlain Hall at Lyola university set on Northshore Beach, then their new swish green star lead Library.I finished the day running out of time taking a long tour of the chicago Lincoln Park conservatory. that had had all its glass shattered in the recent hale storm without insurance. i tried to see a golden domed synagogue and the original sears tower built in 1906 with ...