Blogs from Orland Park, Illinois, United States, North America - page 2

When we ordered our very first beers in Frankfurt along the Main River, we noticed how the beer glass was rather unique. It turned out that almost everywhere we went the beer and beer glasses were different. There seem to be few, if any, beers that are sold across the nation, like in the USA. The breweries seem to be peculiar to cities and areas. Big Cities, like Munich or Stuttgart will have several brands. It was really interesting to try so many different biers-----Tough Assignment! Dan, Marilyn and Jan-Your assignment is to remember where we were when each of these beer pictures were taken. The prize???? How about a trip to Australia?!?! Postscript-10/6/10 News Headline & story from October 5th: Oktoberfest Sets Record for Beer Consumption Visitors to the Munich Oktoberfest this year drank their ... read more

New Years, Baby! I flew home the day before New Years Eve, and was super excited to have my friends over for a party in our basement. It felt just like back in high school, but this time we didn't have to sneak in the liquor ;) ... read more

I left Weyburn, Saskatchewan about 1:00 in the afternoon because I was able to watch the finale of the US Open in my room. Damn, another disappointing finish for Phil, but I will still pull for him. While cruising down Highway 39 toward the border, I kept feeling a vibration at 75 mph and I was sure I had a wheel out of balance, so I found a Cenex shop in Kenmare, ND that could check them in a half hour. It turned out that I had thrown all the weights off all 4 wheels except for one. It had to happen on the stutter bumps on that Taylor Highgway in Alaska and I hadn't noticed since I hadn't been able to cruise at 75 till I got to straighter highways. You never know when you'll ... read more

Yay! I am so excited! At this time tomorrow I will at the airport and eagerly awaiting our flight. Mom, Dad and I leave at 1:00a tomorrow night....well technically Thursday, but who's getting technical. So this is the first installment of my trip to the homeland "Part Deux". Feel free to tune in and read about my adventures abroad! It's been 3 years since our last trip to the PI and I am still just as excited as the last. But this time I get to stay for almost a whole month!! Like the nerd that I am, I actually mapped out our trip on a calendar and it is one hell of a busy trip...from here to here and then back and to there and back again...but I am very much looking forward to it. ... read more