It might not look like it but spring has arrived in Chicago, at least for the next 24 hours. It was about 10 degrees celcius today which meant I was able to take a little walk around some of the Chicago sights that I photographed in the summer and see how different (or similar!) they look in the melting snow. It was nice to be able to take the time in the warmer weather to stand around and take pictures where it has been too cold to do so for the last few weeks ...

I have managed somehow to misplace/lose/have stolen my camera which is devastating as it had all my Florida and family pictures on it. I am currently working on downloading some of Mum's pictures she has sent me so Ill post them ASAP. Anyway, last weekend Mum, Dad, Claire and Eleanor came and visited me in the windy city! I had a fantastic time showing them around my new city and hope they enjoyed it as much. They arrived on Thursday evening to the Intercontine...

Ok Ithought I had done this last week but is musn't have taken, so Ill try again! Last weekend Aoife and I went to Orlando Florida for a little break from the extreme cold here in Chicago. We had of course chosen to take the 6 am flight because it was 10 dollars cheaper than the 9am flight, which meant a 4am start, definitely not my favourite time of the day! but it all went smoothly and we arrived at 10am in Florida to warmth and sunshine. I spent the day by th...

So this week was pretty quiet, Ive a lot of work due in next week and Im heading to Florida on Thursday so I have to get it all done. I also started work this week and I now am a law clark at Schofield and Varde and I work 16 hours a week (so 2 full days, Tuesday and Thursday) Everyone is very nice and hopefully it will all work out! So I did manage to take a short break over the weekend and attend My Fair Lady down in the Theatre district of Chicago. The univer...

It was freezing all weekend, but Aoife and I braved the cold and headed out on the train to a chicago suburb called Bartlett. They have a man made ski slope out there and we wanted to spend the day there. As you can see we were wrapped up very warmly against the cold, but still by the end of the day we were frozen solid. It isnt a big ski resort by any stretch of the imagination. They have one chair lift and 3 rope lifts. The rope lifts are awful as they pull yo...