Wyndham Chicago

Ted had to get is Visa to go to India. We went with him and stayed in hotel Wyndham downtown. I love Chicago and it was nice to go by Ikea as ...

... us up way too early (4:30 am!) since we had an early flight from Ontario Airport, a connection through Denver...and finally arrived in Chicago. This was DS's first big trip (well, since he was an infant), and at the ripe ole age of almost 4 he was so ...

... do something cheap for the evening. The christmas market was on the way and so we stopped by, enjoyed some Gluhwein (the Chicago'ans are completely unaware of this christmassy spiced drink and seem in complete excitement at it's revelation) and had a ...

... success of planning (this meal was a nightmare to find and book - You would be astonished at how many food/drink places in Chicago close over christmas compared to the UK which sees it as an opportunity to make loads of cash) and to spend a full ...

Flew to Chicago wearing shorts.  It was snowing n ...

... stop on average much faster than people in Atlanta do, which was a welcome change for me.  However as we approached Chicago and eventually got into the downtown district, it quickly stopped being a relaxing drive and instead felt more like a ...

... . We walked down onto Navy Pier (pedestrianised) which was very pleasant. As we went in we booked a water tour of Chicago’s architecture ( www.shorelinesightseeing.com ) for the afternoon. We went past the Crystal Gardens, the ferris wheel (we had ...

It's a cold a snowy day, but we're so excited to spend the day at American Girl. We had coats and gloves and scarves to cover every inch of us, and we were still freezing! But the weather was not going to stop us from our American Girl Day! We ...

Spent a week here, Great time great city. Sizing nights ...

... are really on a tropical vacation" drinks.  We then took our bags to the room, texted our friends who were already at the Wyndham for a conference and headed out in search of dinner.  We ended up at a bar near the pool and took the bartender's ...

... -town, but the landscape was corn free! (what a relief). So, now we are spending the night in Nashville T.N., at yet another Wyndham property, which again is very nice, and we will be heading out very early to tackle yet another portion of our road trip ...

... and Troy University. My brother Brian flew as a companion with me to San Jose Airport early on December 30 and back to Chicago the next day. Flight load was very heavy due to the year end holiday, people vacationing and all the bowl games in ...

... . On and off actually for about half the flight. I got a few snaps of places along the way like the Denver hills and Chicago at night........ Wasn't long before we had touched down in JFK and had to make tracks for Newark airport to pick up the rental ...

... the month of October.  Sure, we had some travel scheduled, mostly to Air Force away football games, but A had already secured free Wyndham nights for those trips.  (Damn those free nights!) Essentially, if we were to do this deal, we would be ...