Chicago Travel Blogs - Page 3

There was no direct flight from Miami to KC, so I had to take a connection in Chicago. I was thinking about sleeping in the plane, since I didn’t sleep at all the night before and didn’t want to arrive tired to KC. Usually I travel alone, that’s why I’m always wondering who’s gonna si…

One of the things you're supposed to do when you go to Chicago is take the Architectural Boat Tour.  Chicago is famous for its architecture, and to really enjoy it to the fullest is to take a guided tour and hear about it from someone who knows what they're talking about.  Seb and I res…

Well who would have thought the airplane from Edmonton to Chicago would be so small that there was only one bathroom for ALL passengers. Here I thought I was going to be treated like royalty and all I got was a cardboard box with dried bagel bits, candied nuts, and strawberry nuggets. Oh! Don't let…

  I woke at quarter to nine in the parking lot beside JC's Bar in Gladstone. Normally I wake earlier but the bitter cold morning made for a longer sleep. I laid there a few seconds to gather where I was and what I intended to do this day … oh yeah, head south! I drove over to the Holiday ga…

Today I was walking around the urban jungle that is Chicago, and spotted a beast most foul?  Is it the legendary bigfoot?  Look at the photos and see for yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

I arrived in Chicago aboard American airlines twenty minutes earlier than the scheduled 5:10 p.m. arrival, the weather was a little over seventy degrees which compared to Tucson was almost thirty degrees cooler. I was cold as you can imagine, at seventy-five degrees in Tucson I’m wearing a sweate…

My junior year in high school there was an assignment sent out to all the students in my AP US History class:  write in detail about one historical event you'd love to see within your lifetime but were doubtful would come to fruitition.  A daunting task.  What wou…

First, of all it is important to cut loose.  I learned this on a trip to Chicago to visit my sister.  Subsequently, I have been back allmost every year.  I love the city. Good photos are worth a lifetime, but creative interesting photos just might stand the test of time.  Be p…

I could not bounce around America without stopping to see one of my best friends in the entire world, the honourable Ms Madisson. To everyone she meets, she casts a spell with her wonderful personality, Iv never met such a kind and caring person as Madisson. She came to England 3 years ago to study…

It's my first trip to Chicago! I'm still here so I'll write more when I get home but here are the pics so far...

Let's start at the beginning of the trip (a very good place to start). We arrived at the airport about an hour and a half early, got through security without much of a problem, checked in at the gate and then missed our flight. I'm sure you're wondering how you can miss a flight when you're at the …

My umpteenth time in Chicago, and my first visit to the Field Museum. I had been wanting to go, but somehow the time always ran out, and I didn't want to pop in just to say I had been there. This time, I had the whole day! After a quick walk over the river to Einstein Bros Bagels on E Wacker, …

This wins my favourite city award on this trip.  I wanted to stay longer here, but with the time we had, there was still a lot of places to get around, and the distances in between were a bigger than anticipated.  It was a shame, but I'm planning on coming back to do the Route 66 Road Tri…

My roommate and I took four days in September to make another trip up to Chicago for my birthday weekend.This time, instead of driving the entire 8 hour trip, we drove the 3.5 hours to St. Louis and then took the Megabus from St. Louis to Chicago.  It's fairly inexpensive (if you book super fa…

We had just spend a long first day flying into Chicago and then taking an afternoon cruise on Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. It was now about 4:30 and we headed back to our River North hotel for a nap.   Once we, that being wife Margo and daughter, Jessi, awoke we were all pretty hungr…