Advantages: The contrasting architecture. Music. Relaxing Parks. Disadvantages: Parking fees. Rush Hour.
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An incredible experience not to be missed!!
~~ is for Illinois~~
Chicago is the largest city in Illinois and home to approximately 3,000,000 people.
~~J is for Jazz~~
Chicago jazz made its name in the 1920 with the musical revolution led by jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Benny Goodman , Eddie Condon and Bud Freeman.
You won't (sadly) get to see any of the greats now but live jazz concerts abound in Chicago. Try Andy's Jazz Bar, Green Mil or Wind's Café for an entertaining night out!
~~K is for Kitchens (Soup) and Capone~~
Al Capone moved to Chicago when he was 20 years old. Whilst in Chicago, he ordered dozens of deaths. Despite his ruthless reputation, Capone, personally opened soup kitchens to feed the needy after the 1929 stock market crash.
Soup kitchens still abound in Chicago visited by ...
MAFARRIMOND 10.06.2008
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Advantages: Gets me from A to b efficiently Disadvantages: It's an airport!
Chicago airport.
On a recent visit to san Diego, we had to have a stop in Chicago airport for a couple of hours...most of my travelling seems to be spent in airports!
It was the busiest airport in the United States until Atlanta became the busiest and it was apparently voted best airport in North America in 2000...that's 8 years ago so i don't know which airport has been winning since then.
The airport is 20 miles from downtown Chicago but since we weren't actaully going to Chicago we didn't actally leave the airport so I can't comment on the transport links.
**The Terminals**
Of course when stuck in an airport these are the places you see most often.
There are 4 terminals and strangely enough these are Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5 which is the International Terminal...whatever happened to number 4?
All of the terminals are ...
danielalong 23.10.2008
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Advantages: A great city, with every amenity Disadvantages: Bloody cold in December, and I lost my hat!
a new town. ( New to me, that is. Not Milton Keynes or Stevenage or the like) Chicago has so many fine eating places that I was spoilt for choice. The Near North district is a little bit of heaven for us gourmands, with restaurants on practically every corner. If you?re not sure about a place, just take a look from the outside. They tend to be what they seem: quiet, dimly-lit places with linen napkins and loads of glassware on the table will be pricey, but usually good. Brightly-lit places full of well-polished wood and brass will be old-fashioned restaurants of the kind you would expect if your only experience of the town comes from 1930?s black and white movies. Formica and paper cups probably means you?re standing outside one of the many Starbucks branches. Leave now, before it?s too late! I have to offer one recommendation though ...
stevethesleeve 09.12.2002
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