Chicago Sightseeing

Sorted. Well, sort of.

Cath and I have sat down and taken a look at what Chicago has to offer. To be honest, we've not found a whole lot that is of real interest to us. It's become clear though that what we did have an interest in, was going to be too much for the time we have available, so the Gangster Tour and the Wrigley Field tour have been sidelined.  Most of the stuff we have identified is within a couple of miles walk of the hotel, which is perfect, as we both like to walk but even now we aren't sure we'll be able to fit everything in, as we don't know quite what time we shall get to our hotel and/or whether we'll feel like going out straight away, after the long journey over. We'll find out soon enough though, only 10 weeks to go now.

This has been a useful exercise, as we now have to look at what we can fill our spare day with in LA. The added 'complications' there, are that we aren't in the heart of the city and we also want to include  spending some time with Dean & Carol (my buddies from the Wild West Tour 2013). All I can say is, I hope they don't mind walking!

Till next time.

Chicago planning

Following on from the last post, Cath and I decided we'd sit down at the weekend and spend a couple of hours planning what we shall do on our sightseeing day in Chicago. There were a couple of other things thrown into the ring, such as the baseball stadium and an architectural boat trip, so it seemed sensible to check these out. Least that was the plan, but we fell at the first hurdle!

Thanks to Mr Branson, our flight out has been moved forward a couple of hours, meaning, where we had imagined we would use public transport to Heathrow, we will now have to arrive so early, that we need to leave before the trains start running. Consequently, rather than seeing what delights the Windy City has in store for us, we spent our time reviewing the different options for getting us to Heathrow. In the end, the most sensible option was to drive and park the car in long stay parking. Looking at the costs involved and logistics, it was  a no brainer and I have duly booked our space.

In the meantime, I've had a quick look at some of the attractions in Chicago and found a gangster bus tour, which may be quite interesting. Cath and I will have another shot (no pun intended) at planning this coming weekend and hopefully we'll be able to get some sort of plan together. Once that's sorted, we can turn our attentions to the other end of the Route, LA.