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North America » United States » Illinois » Itasca May 19th 2015

Geo: 41.975, -88.0072On this trip, I will be visiting three countries, Poland, The Netherlands and Belgium. All are part of the European Union, however Poland uses it's own currency, the zloty, and will be the farthest east I have traveled in Europe. I picked each of these countries for one specific reason initially: Poland to visit Auschwitz, The Netherlands to visit the Anne Frank Museum and Belgium to visit the city of Bruges. I am also looking forward to exploring more of what each place has to offer!Here's what's happening when:May 31 - Depart O'Hare, layover in Zurich, Switzerland for a few hours and arrive in Krakow, Poland on June 1 via Swiss AirlinesJune 1-4 - Lodging at the Redbrick Apartments in KrakowJune 4 - Depart Krakow for Amsterdam, The Netherlands via KLM airlinesJune 4-8 - ... read more

And the trip ends as it began, with rain

North America » United States » Illinois » Itasca September 18th 2013

christinewesten

Geo: 41.975, -88.0072I would like to point out the advantages of staying in a fancy inn as opposed to a chain hotel. One, the bed is super comfortable and the pillows nice and plentiful. Two, very nice toiletries, like bath salts and face wipes. And finally, a more delicious breakfast than you would get at a Holiday Inn. The Portsmouth Harbor Inn serves at 2 course breakfast at 8:30. Breakfast is served at beautiful wooden dining table where all the guests can eat together. There was only one couple staying at the inn besides me so it was a quiet breakfast. The first course was the fruit course and it consisted of a honey baked or poached (I can't remember) plum topped with mascarpone cheese and pistachios. The second course was a bourbon-caramel croissant bread pudding ... read more

Trip Itinerary

North America » United States » Illinois » Itasca November 14th 2012

christinewesten

Geo: 41.975, -88.0072November 14 – Depart O'Hare @ 10:04 AM Arrive Honolulu @ 3:08 PM Depart Honolulu @ 5:03 PM Arrive Hilo @ 5:54 PM November 14 - 17 - Chalet Kilauea 19-4178 Wright Rd Volcano, HI 96785 November 17 - 20 - Royal Kona Resort 75-5852 Alii Drive Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 November 21 – Depart Kona @ 3:49 PM Arrive Honolulu @ 4:32 PM Depart Honolulu @ 8:03 PM Arrive O'Hare @ 8:05 AM (Nov 22 - Thanksgiving Day)... read more

Wrap Up

North America » United States » Illinois » Itasca June 3rd 2011

Good Bye :(

christinewesten

Geo: 41.975, -88.0072We made it back home to O'Hare after a very long day of travel. Temperature in Queenstown was -1 degree when we got to the airport! Our flight was supposed to leave Queenstown at 9:55, but was delayed due to traffic at Auckland. So, we arrived in Auckland about 45 minutes before our flight was supposed to leave for LA. We arrived in the domestic terminal and had a 10 minute walk to the international terminal. We had to get our bags and re-check them in the other terminal. So there was lots of quick walking outside and inside the airport. A nice lady guided us quickly from the check-in desk to our gate, passing us through security as quickly as possible. Renee and I had the third to the last row in the ... read more

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