Visit Chicago

Gail Leino There are lots of Chicago Attractions in this famous city for the individual or the family to go see, check out and enjoy while on vacation. Chicago is home to an excellent jazz music scene. You can catch a trolley downtown and wander around a little until you come across a café or [...]

Travel Guide – Chicago

Susanne Pacher Chicago is one of the great cities of the world and one of my favourite destinations for long weekend getaways. Here you will find some useful information about this city that will enable you to plan your own escape to Chicago. History In 1673 French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet passed through [...]

Travel Chicago – Tour The Must See Sites Even Local Chicagoans Visit!

Michelle Linden The allure of Chicago is completely understandable. Located in the middle of the country amongst corn fields and pressed up against Lake Michigan, this fast paced action packed city is full of excitement. The winters are cold, but the summers are hot and fun-filled. There is more to do in Chicago, than someone [...]

Tour Chicago in a Charter bus

Marsha Maung Chicago is an amazingly diverse place to visit and if you don’t have a charter bus for the purpose of touring and getting around Chicago, you might find yourself in a bind sooner than you think. With a charter bus handy, you can spend the whole time concentrating on enjoying yourself. The first [...]

“My First Time… in Chicago”

Sarah Anne Polsinelli People whirl through revolving doors. Sirens whirl and blare in 5-minute intervals. Potted wildflowers divide the North and South lanes on Michigan Avenue. Children run splashing across a large outdoor work of art: Two 30 ft tall screens project ethnic faces, sporadically spitting out water onto the children that wait anxiously below [...]

Hello from Chicago – The Field Museum and Pompeii – “Stories from an Eruption”

Susanne Pacher Yesterday I got up early again and typed up my travel reports on the free computer at the Arlington House. Then my friend Linda and I made our way to one of our favourite Chicago hangouts for breakfast: the “Bourgeois Pig Cafe” is located close to the intersection of Fullerton and Halsted/Lincoln and [...]

Hello from Chicago – Multiple Austrian Connections

Susanne Pacher So the two of us expatriate Austrians are staying at the Arlington House Hostel, in itself an exciting experience, to be immersed in this environment of young (and older) travellers from all over the world. We got going early again this morning, at about 7 am. In the shower room Linda and I [...]

Hello from Chicago – A Personal Tour of the Chicago Cultural Center

Susanne Pacher Yesterday, after our lovely Austrian breakfast we went downtown to the Chicago Cultural Center, the main downtown information hub for tourists, to ask some questions about the Pullman Historic District, a planned industrial community, built in the 1880s by industrial magnate George Pullman, creator of the famous Pullman sleeper cars. We figured this [...]

Chicago Traffic Reports

Theresa Carter Listening to a traffic report in Chicago is like hearing a MCSE professional talk about firewalls and proxy servers. You somehow know that what’s being said is important and you should know what it is, but he or she might as well be speaking in binary code. After being in Chicago awhile you [...]