We booked a gangster tour on line last night so we walked to the train and caught it downtown. We walked a few blocks to the meet up place and hopped on. The driver and tour guide were dressed as gangsters from the 20's and spoke like them too. It was two hours of touring all four areas of Chicago being regaled with stories from prohibition and beyond. Most of the actual buildings where things went down are gone but here and there evidence of that period remains ...

We've been non stop, go go go for a couple of weeks now so we took it easy this morning. About 11.30 we headed off for the train a couple of blocks away. Turned out their blocks are pretty small so it was a very short walk. Along the way we came across a cutie squirrel who seemingly posed for me low down on the trunk of a tree. We didn't wait long for a train and we were on our way into Chicago city. We headed first for a tourist info centre but it wasn't u...

Last night ended up a bit later than planned. Tal skyped Kevin and we chatted and had a few laughs for well over an hour. We all got to bed about three am. Due to the late finish it was a slower start to today than planned. Tal had to go get his mother who'd been staying with his uncle while we were there and we went along for the ride. He's not too far away, about half an hour but it's very different there. He's on a horse ageistment property, lots of green fie...