Time to go to collect the bike and car this am, so breakfast of champions time, a pain of chocolate the size of your face.
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You Take the Blue Pill
No, not a viagra related tag line, but part of the setting for the Matrix
On then to allow Mrs Fogg and Kevin a photo opportunity, only for one of them to let out a really big trump
With more of the wonderful Chicago skyline
And a view from the Old Navy Pier
Followed by a visit to the Chicago Union Station modelled on New York’s Grand Central
Complete with the double decker Amtrak trains
Then a chance to see the giant polished pebble sculpture
And a paddle in the arty water park, with giant electronic displays of Chicago residents
So with tomorrow seeing the start of the Route66 adventure, it was only fitting to start at the very beginning of Route66
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What you talkin about Willis
Aloft the 1400ft Willis Tower SkyDeck Ledge
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Welcome to the ACME
First night in Chicago and a stay at the rather funky ACME hotel that has chalk boards on the door
Sorry I just had to do it! And we got 3 knocks during the night
Funky bathroom
A really comfy bed
And a silly Amazon Echo that listens to everything you say.
All told very funky, a good find Mrs Fogg. Today we womble round the Windy City
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And Finally we arrive
12 hours later we have arrived into Chicago in the middle of a thunderstorm and heavy rains, oh and rush hour.
It took a while to get through traffic on our airport shuttle coach but we made it.
So what to do when you are absolutely shattered, it’s torrential rain and you’ve arrived in the dark? Eat of course, and where better than the rather convenient Weber Grill restaurant- yes that Weber lot famous for big barbecue machines. It just had to be sampled.
And so to bed…in our rather cool hotel.
All Set And Ready to Fly
The Fogg and Treasure trip starts here, Alec specially made Tshirts
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Treasure Hunt on Route 66
Hells Bells
Hopefully she will be a little less bored with this.
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About to Get Our Kicks
And so the journey begins, Route66 here we come
Geeky doing geeky things and Kev looking bored
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The TPE ing Point
It’s the little things that rattle an otherwise sane mind!
Onboard the train to the “pool” this morning, where we sit in first class don’t ya know,think standard seat with 1 cup of tea and double the price and friendly(ish) service. Getting the offer of our obligatory cup o swill, Mrs Fogg sans tray table, I had to do the tea making on my side, with tea bag dipping onto the napkin. Tea made, Danish pastry in hand Mrs Fogg asks Miss Happy Server for a second napkin, “but I just gave you one, you use already”, we both look at her and say “yes to mop up the tea and no tray table”, “but you have napkin already, why you need another”.
Really, has the train service become so poor with the thousands it charges, to limit you to one napkin per trip.
The week as they say, can only get better, now let me squeeze the tea out of my napkin so that I can blow my nose and not upset happy for asking for a third in my lifetime
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