Today we picked up our car and headed out on the road! So far so smooth – although we’re both already pretty reliant on our GPS, which even makes six-lane highways (freeways? Interstates?) easy to deal with. We arrived in Bridgman, Michigan at lunchtime and checked in to our first Air BnB – a lovely … Continue reading
The problem with America is that all the best museums are very expensive to get in – and in Chicago, even the rubbish ones are. We are very much spoiled in London with our wealth of awesome places to visit for free – it’s a bit of a shock to the system to be expected … Continue reading
As gluttons for punishment, we started today with more walking – this time on a tour of the Art Deco buildings in the swanky Gold Coast area. It was compiled by someone from the Architectural Foundation so went some way to making up for not being able to afford one of their real tours… We … Continue reading
Today we played at being architecture geeks with a whopping eight-mile trek around Chicago’s finest buildings. I say, “played at”… I think we’re both pretty out and proud building fans, it’s just a subject that doesn’t exactly enthral everyone so it was nice to geek out in a public fashion here. Chicago is famous for … Continue reading
Well, we’ve made it to stop one – Chicago. Completely uneventful flight with Aer Lingus, except for my seat-back entertainment not working for the entire flight… That’s what Kindles and airport special two-for-one Grazia/Heat bundles are for, right? It’s nowhere near as cold here as anticipated (yet) and a straightforward tube ride got us from … Continue reading
Even Instagram can’t make a backpack look nice – thanks Anna for loaning me the goods… Continue reading
I can’t claim to be a seasoned traveller. I mean, I travel a lot with work and Andy and I are lucky enough to have had some great holidays over the last few years… but I’m by no means a backpacking pro with an encyclopedic knowledge of bus schedules and mosquito nets and hostel dorm etiquette. Still, if … Continue reading
Black Sabbatical 