Blogs from Illinois, United States, North America - page 147

Welcome baaaack to another Collova & Parker adventure!!! We departed from Southfield Detroit around 9:00am Saturday morning and arrived in Chicago Illinois at 2:30pm having stopped only for lunch and gaaaaasoline (hehehe). For lunch we stopped in a quiet little place (somewhere in Hicksville) called Kalamazoo. We don't even know where the hell that was but we estimate it was somewhere between Detroit and Chicago (hehe) and then it was back in the SUV, cruise control on and all Interstate Hwy. After five hours of driving it was good to finally arrive at the Crowne Plaza where two humble little rooms awaited us. Chicago dominates the state with its cloud-scraping skyline and world-class museums, restaurants, jazz clubs and let's not forget home of the Chicago Bulls!!! The traffic in Chicago is bumper to bumper and the ... read more

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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