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Flying MIA-ORD
... assumed there’d be one at MIA as well. Strange.
At Gate G15, I waited for Flight 518. The agent announced at 11:23 that the Airbus 319 had boarded full. Bummer. Now I have to wait three hours until the next flight and there’s a double whammy – no United Club and no free WiFi access in the terminal. :-( (It costs $8 for a day pass to the MIA wireless network.) Only seven SAs were cleared for Flight 18 even though last night there were 10 ...
My kind of town ...
Chicago is ...
This is THE place! Never thought that I would take to a place so quick, but I have to say that I have with Chicago! The view of downtown as we approached on the interstate was amazing. So many tall buildings so concentrated together but looking majestic. Then our first night out at a local bar, such friendly people, the barman even introduced himself ... but more on this bar later.
Some of you have asked from time ...
Report back Day 10...........Chicago day 3
... we received information that Moose and Squirrel were looking to check out some Blues music so Natasha and I headed for Buddy Guys House of Blues. Knew we were in trouble when the lead singer requested the crowd keep the clap beat. I looked around the Crowd, filled with tourist mainly white American types. Looked like something out of Forrest Gump. Back to the South Loop club for some beer and then home. No Moose No Squirrel. Boris ...
From the Big Easy to the Windy City
... bags and started the fifteen minute walk to our host Paul's house. Fifteen mins turned into round a half hr when we got lost and our heavy bags had us moving at a snails pace. Eventually we got there.. We had already been told by Paul that he was at work till 9pm, but we hoped one of his other couchsurfers would be home to let us in. Unfortunately we were out of luck, and sat moping in the backyard for a while deciding what to do. After chatting to his neighbour for a bit and ...
3 First Class Tickets Home Please
... the bellman to get us a cab to the Maglev train. You really need the bellmen here because remember that the cab drivers don't speak any English and unless you've written the name/address in chinese characters, they're not going to understand. So,the bellman told the cab driver and off we went with our light load. We arrived at the Maglev station around 1pm and bought our tickets. I had a lot of Yuan left so I bought VIP tickets for Mickell and me (Majorwas free). We ...
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