Page 2 of mandan Travel Blog Posts


North America » United States » Missouri » St Louis June 20th 2015

Today we decided to make the most of Chicago before heading off on the first leg of the journey. After checking out we drove 30 mins into downtown Chicago and found a parking place for 10 dollars for the day thanks to an app called "Parkopedia" (fully recommend!). We took a walk up through Grants park where we passed some good sights including odd Iron leg structures and the beautiful Buckingham fountain. We did a cheeky "selfie" by the fountain which spurred a nice American couple from Ohio to take one of us both which Mandie has. We also caught a couple of good shots of an old dude making HUGE bubbles! This led on up to Millennium Park where they were holding a massive outside group workout by the pavilion which was next to the ... read more
20150620_145944420_iOS
20150620_152228535_iOS
20150620_152259773_iOS

North America » United States » Illinois » Chicago June 19th 2015

So after a night time drive up to London to check in at 6:45, I slept like baby for most of the 8 and half hour flight over here. This process has pretty much eliminated jet lag for me however Mandie didn't so well and we have decided to have a chilled one. After a bit of a hairy rush hour drive across Chicago, (with my brain still on the left hand side of the road!) we made it to our first hotel just out of the city centre. The Jeep 4x4 is pretty sweet and comprises of about 50% of my photos so far so the scenic panoramic views are a bit sparse so far! We headed to a local bar/grill called Mullen's for some epic steak sandwich and Mac and cheese then back to ... read more
Jeep front view
Jeep side view
Thumbs up at Mullen's Bar and Grill

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Devon » Yelverton June 18th 2015

Just for you Andy, here is a test post with a picture of e dawg. Just a about to get her in the bath, so we can get some kip before the drive to Heathrow!... read more




Tot: 0.102s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 9; qc: 44; dbt: 0.0737s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb