Lake Michigan

The Windy City

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August 14th 2008
We arrived into Chicago late in the afternoon on Monday 23rd June 2008 (yes our blog is very behind). Once cleared through customs we jumped into a taxi, let me just say that we might as well have had someone who couldn’t speak English because neither of us could understand a word this guy said and he didn’t fill us with a heap of confidence that he knew where he was going either considering t ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more