Friday Sept 7th We had our first proper breakfast from the typical american buffet style. We stuffed ourselves with Cereals, Toasts & Donuts, enough to last us through the day! Of course we did nick few things for our lunch. We made our journey to the main city and decided to visit the Millennium Park for well known water features, wandered around through the park. On our walk, we spotted the mirror "rock" style and had alot of fun with taking ph...

Sept 6th Thursday When we got off the train, we were confused with all the choices of transports to get to our hotel. We were desperate to chill out and have a proper nap to recover from the journey. After searching high and low, checking out the map, asking for help, we finally found the subway we needed, but unfortunately, we got off the wrong station! We decided to stop by at the Pizza Cafe for lunch/energy boost stop as we were already worn out from our heav...

Sept 5th Wednesday Early start for us - 5.30am wake up call to catch our Amtrak train at 6.45am to Chicago. It was a very long but comfortable journey (most of the time!) when the train wasn't shaking us side to side! The seats were big enough for us to curl up and sleep if we wanted to. Arrived to Chicago the next day at 11.30am (NYC Time) but its also a hour behind in Chicago (6 hrs behind from UK) so we actually arrived at 10.30am.

Sept 4th Tuesday We got up early to get the sightseeing tour bus to visit the Ground Zero and Statue of Liberty. It was a good ride, viewing from the roof-open top, seeing all the well known sights. (You will see in our photos when we upload it today) While we were visiting Ground Zero, we noticed that there was a tribute world trade centre, it was quite expensive admission fee but definately worth visiting. It was very emotional and felt that we were actually...

Since our last update yesterday, we went to Empire State building and went up to the top, lovely views. But unfortunately Daniel was getting enough of it after a hour or so due to his fear of heights! Wandered around around in search for something to drink, it was hard work walking around the massive city with so many choices!! We decided to not to use the subway at all, using our hard working legs to get about to save our money, we managed to walk to Central ...