Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America - page 98

Well had many adventures and stories since my last blog. Far too many to mention here! The highlights were attempting to get from China Town in downtown NYC to my hotel in uptown NYC with the aide of two Italians - an English teacher and her daughter! Finally made it then went out for a few beers with my room mate for the night and got chatted up by Kevin the stage hand in a real locals bar which we happened to come across. Made it out unscathed! Picked up my tour and so far have been to Niagra Falls walked across to Canada for a meal and a night at Hard Rock night club (nearly didn't get back into the US as the two Toms had forgotten their Ds2019's!) and am now in Chicago. Having ... read more

So it's my last day in Evanston making last minute preparations for Africa and hanging out with the J3 boys. I got my perscription for 135 malaria pills, secured a bed for my apartment in the Fall, dyed my hair brown with hopes to blend in a little more, researched my internship in San Francisco next summer, and bought way too many knee-length skirts for Ghana. I am so happy I got to spend almost two weeks here. Evanston and Chicago are incredible places in the summer. It's the first time I've ever been able to walk down the streets of Evanston completely stress free. I leave tomorrow for Wisconsin for a 5 day sailing trip on Lake Superior around the Apostle Islands with my crazy extended family on two 50 foot chartered sail boats. There's ... read more

Hello from Chicago! As well as being the windy city, it's also been the hot city (37c) and the wet city (p***ing it down!) We have had some fun here though, Lollapalooza Festival was excellent - but very, very hot - needed lots of beer to keep us both cool! We have done some touristy stuff here as well such as vistiting the zoo, and ascending the top floors of both the Sears Tower and The John Hancock Building. The food here is fantastic! Chicago hot dogs are better than New York's and the Pizza Pie we had the other night was as delicious as it was humungous!!! It's our last day here - we get the overnight train to Memphis tonight - so we're making good use of the free internet at our hotel. There ... read more

We were out having dinner at a Mexican restaurant and Julia (a local) told me she was going to Chicago on the weekend. So I hit her up to take us (Sara-Denmark, Aika-Kasakstan & Nastia-Russia) as well, and it was set we were going to Chicago! We left camp Friday after the we got rid of all the kids and after a 5 hour drive we got there (and we gained a hr in time difference) and went to the hostel. That night we made a few friends (Denmark chicks & a few U.S lads) and had a few sly drinks out the front porch. Because there was no drinking at the hostel, yer crazy I now!! After an hr or 2 sleep we got up to hit downtown & a whole lot of shopping. 3 ... read more

hello everyone! Trip is over, so sad... I am back in Chicago, pretty soon I will be doing what chicagoins do, work, not looking forward to it. But hopefully I will find a job that I will really enjoy soon. My trip was wonderful and I can't wait to go back. To all the people that I met, it's been a pleasure and i hope to keep in touch with you. Au revoir! Aww yes, my sister got a snake today, check out the pic. Lots of love - Courtney... read more