Well, in Chicago now. Have to say it's a hell of a lot better than LA. Relatively painless trip from LA Tuesday, got to LAX early, dropped bags (had checked in online at the hotel) then through security and had breakfast while I was waiting for the flight. Easy flight, although a rather dramatic temp change from LA to Chicago - 35deg in LA, 6 de...

Dear Diary. Today is March 15th and I am going on my trip to Rome. I started off with $5,500 (not that much money but I have to manage). I bought my plane tickets from Northwest Airlines for $824.44, and my hotel (which I would be staying for 7 days and 8 nights) for $171.98 which brought my total to $4,503.58. The hotel in which i would be stay...

After that village called Put-in-Bay,Chicago was something totally different and way more interesting.I had luck with weather while I was there (it was unusualy hot for begining of October) but also with people I've met there.It wasn't smooth on begining,my host got sick so I ended up with staying at Adam's place (cool teacher and CS member).Cit...

This weekend I am sure that I spent far too much money. I seem to try and justify some of my purchases in the "I'll need that for when I travel" category.(like a digital camera) But alas, that is still far off. I started the weekend off by apartment hunting in the Bucktown section of Chicago. This area is very nice. It has that Chicago neighborh...

Welcome Guys leaving tomorrow.......I can't wait to be in the heat. I can't wait to explore.......I am very nervous.....I'll keep you posted to my adventures.... Love ya so much.

Hello everyone! Just in case you would like to see the websites of some of the places that we are going, I've put a list together of a few: Resort in Dubai: http://www.madinatjumeirah.com Lodge in Kruger National Park, South Africa: http://www.lukimbi.com Lodge in Okavango Delta, Botswana: http://www.orient-express-safaris.co.za /web/ogam/ogam_c...

Well, we made it! After all the packing, the sleepless nights and the panicking we finally made it to Heathrow and onto our first flight. Steve was very happy - we asked for extra legroom and got upgraded to Economy Plus with a bulkhead, which meant he could stretch out his legs and only just touch the bulkhead in front - amazing! Chicago was ou...