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Day 28: What a Manic day:
Today i was mean to be moving onto a new couch surfer. We had arranged for me to give her a call when I was on the corner of her street ay half 6 and she would come meet me. As kelsey was going away I had to leave hers early, so was to spend the whole day wandering chicago with my backpack till i could meet Lisa.
I went and had breakfast and went to the lake again and genrrally wandered about. When i got to Lisa's corner, i called but my call was met bu an Indian guy who told me I had the wrong number. i tried again - wrong number. Panic started to set in. I contacted Dave to get him to check my email to make sure I wrote it down right - I did. I didn;t know what to do. i had no-where to stay and i knew all the hostels were booked up, so i decided to go to the place I would feel most safe in Chicago and that was the airport. i considered getting an earlier flight to Seattle, but that would be expensive and i really don't want to leave Chicago. So, against my will and budget, I checked into a Holiday Inn hotel at $140 a night and this is where I sit now. The silver lining is, it;s very nice. i have 2 big beds, I have privacy, there is a pool, gym and free brwakfast. I shall definitely be getting my moneys worth.
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