Wyndham Northwest Chicago Itasca

... vacations (who doesn't?), experiencing and seeing new things, having unforeseen adventures... but never had I considered a trip lasting more than a couple weeks. Until...April 23, 2008<br><br>It's not that the first time I met Kevin I imagined traveling around the world with him. But this was the first time that I had talked with someone who had seriously contemplated such a thing: a RTW (Round The World) trip, and it prompted me to consider the idea ...

... for us to get away from it all and clear our heads. I am sure we will be distracted by all the great adventures we have planned we won't have time to dwell on it. We're going white water rafting, zip lining, water fall repelling and drinking our days away on the beach - and that's only Costa Rica. I have no idea what Nathan has planned for us in Guatemala. We divided and conquered the planning again. Well, we haven't ...

<br>Breakfast was exceptional this morning, a huge selection and top of the line quality &#8211; really yummy. Guess that's what you pay for staying at The Hilton. The waitress was very helpful and gave us a map of the MTA (trains/buses), plus directions to hotel/Sears tower/Navy Pier where we wanted to go. <br><br>Caught the free hotel shuttle to the MTA station, and then looked like absolute tourists (which I guess we are!) as we tried to figure how to get a MTA card and to get through the ...

Well, after a quick flight to Chicago I am sitting in a lounge for a three hour layover. Then it is off to Brussels, and a train ride to Dusseldorf where Frank's friend Mirko will pick me up. We will make a 3 hour drive to Norden and catch a ferry to the island of Nordeney where Frank's wedding is located!

... ourselves very fortunate indeed to all of you - thanks. Unfortunately, I cannot connect to the net so this entry will not hit the travel blog on the web until I can "plug in" to a connection in Saigon. By the way, Vietnam is either 11 or 12 hours ahead of eastern standard time. Hopefully the next entry will cover our trip down to the orphanage in Soc Trang to meet Anelise. Until then, all the best to you.

... with me. Other than that I tried getting my packing for Italy down to 44 allowed lbs and have managed to get to 51 lbs! Cannot figure out how but will start over again tomorrow. Also found out today the Kent Cutting, class behind mine, died last night of a very swift and rare cancer. Tonight we watched the Republican Convention and Cindy and John McCain both spoke and did very well. Sept 5th-Just a bit after 9 I received a call that the new mirror was in so headed out and home by ...

... Gimmee' crowd we're used to. We leave on July 10th, flying British Airways to London Heathrow. Since it's a special kinda trip, we decided to go Business Class for the comfort factor. I hear that BA's Club World (as they call it) is the best business class available for Trans-Atlantic. I'll update here to say if that's true or not. We'll spend the day of the 11th in London, being ...

well i just got home from school and im getting all my stuff ready to go to the airport. i need to be there before 6:00 p.m. because my flight leaves at 8:15 p.m. Im excited to see what the city of stuttgart has to offer, i researched the weather and its similar to chicago's weather but a warmer. im just going to pack some jeans, t-shirts, sweaters, and a jacket, just in case its colder then expected.

... had a good time and saw rain going sideways. Went back to Chicago when and hung out with Sean's cousin Darren. Sean's wife Lina joined us for a few days in town then they went their way and went to hang out with my buddy Greg in the White Sox area of Chicago.

... Many of the houses were built based on his prairie style architecture. We learned about lateral lines, the effects of window placement, and how a particular mood can be achieved by placing the house not in the center of the property. However, some of the things the narrator spoke of like roof lines causing tension with the front porch columns flew right over our heads. Sunday - We drove into Wisconsin to meet up with a friend of mine in Milwaukee. Clint and his father ...