Today we are up bright and early for a walk to the beach. The hotel is 1 mile from the beach. It is once again a beautiful day, not so hot as yet and no sign of last nights storm. We are not the only ones walking along the lakefront . It's a public holiday so there are walkers, joggers, cyclists and swimmers all enjoying possibly the last of the summer weather. It's hard to believe that in a few months it will be snowing here. We stop for breakfast at a lovely ca...

This is our first full day in Chicago. The day starts with breakfast at a restaurant on State Street just across the river from our hotel. It's a beautiful day, going to be hot. It's Sunday so the city is quiet around the business sector but as it is the Labour day weekend it's busy with families and visitors. The hop on hop off bus is our mode of transport for today. This will give us the best look around the city. Chicago is beautiful. Lots of parks and gardens...

The Windy City is warm and humid today. We arrived at 3pm but by the time we got to the hotel in downtown, it was close to 5pm. A welcome warm shower and change of clothes made us feel brand new.... Not really but a bit refreshed at least. Liz is having 40 winks to recover from the combination of lack of sleep and feeling ill during the flights. Milton, Glenn and I have a catch up in the hotel bar and then Glenn and I head out to have a bit of a look around the a...