Tom: Okies, back to the US and A and Chicago. We check into our hostel after a good flight and a very bad metro ride, due to maintainance to the whole Chicago subway system (called the EL system, as much of the track is elevated above street level) and we find we've made a small balls up here. Skillfully we've managed to find a dry "Alcohol is Prohibited" hostel, which brought a tear to our eyes tho i'm sure our tummies will appreciate the rest. As friends back in Blighty happily inform us that the weather is very nice, we're finding Chicago is certainly living up to it's name as the wind is certainly blasting off Lake Michigan, which is less that a block to our East. Downtown Chicago is nice, Grant Park is beautiful and
... read more