What does the third largest city in the USA have to offer? These are my impressions: O’Hare International airport ( the sixth busiest worldwide) is inconveniently nearly 20 miles from Downtown. A journey that is made harder by major roadworks which will last until 2025 according to our taxi driver! It’s not cheap either costingContinue reading “Impressions of Chicago”
Tag Archives: Midlife
How We Afford to Travel
Time for our next adventure………..I should be excited but instead I’m sitting amongst the crowds at Heathrow Terminal 5 feeling bleary eyed and tired. If I still drank alcohol I would say it feels like a hangover but as I don’t I’m leaning towards the fact that the last three weeks of unpacking from theContinue reading “How We Afford to Travel”
Getting Ready for the Next Adventure
I’m aware that my posts have tailed off a bit recently. I was in a nice routine while we were on our adventure in Europe posting on Tuesday and Friday but having finished our trip in Amsterdam, life has become incredibly hectic preparing for our next adventure……. Outline:We fly into Chicago on June 9th andContinue reading “Getting Ready for the Next Adventure”
Lessons Learnt On Our European Adventure
We had embarked upon our adventure in Europe with the mindset of travelling rather than going on holiday. With this in mind we had looked for accommodation based upon an agreed set of criteria which would suit our needs:- We wanted our own front door – we didn’t want to rent a bedroom within someone’sContinue reading “Lessons Learnt On Our European Adventure”
Highlights of Our Western European Tour
We flew from London to Bilbao on March 2nd and travelled throughout our tour by train finishing in Amsterdam on May 14th. We spent seventy four days in Europe and travelled 4316 miles. Our trip has taken us to:Spain:Bilbao, San Sebastián, Madrid, Segovia, Avila, Aranjuez, El Escorial, Cordoba, Seville, Jerez De La Frontera, Cadiz, Granada,Continue reading “Highlights of Our Western European Tour”
Touring Western Europe -Holland-Amsterdam -The Verzetsmuseum, Wartime Choices?
This museum tells the story of the Netherlands and its people from May 1940 to May 1945, when Nazi forces occupied the country. Having put four pieces of the jigsaw in place before arriving at this museum I had already begun to question, what would I have done if I was one of those people caught upContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Holland-Amsterdam -The Verzetsmuseum, Wartime Choices?”
Touring Western Europe -Holland-Keukenhof -Beauty, Imagination and Inspiration
Just amazing! I cannot believe how excited I am about flowers! Just to bring you up to speed we departed Antwerp last Wednesday and took the train via Breda to The Hague or Den Haag. Visiting the Keukenof Flower Garden was high on my agenda for this whole Western Europe adventure and where we spentContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Holland-Keukenhof -Beauty, Imagination and Inspiration”
Antwerp Headlines Immigration
On our adventures in Antwerp we visited a fantastic museum The Red Star Line Museum.You enter through the door expecting to learn about The Red Star Line which was a group of ships that transported migrants to North America but you leave with so much more knowledge, understanding and empathy for migrants as a whole.AsContinue reading “Antwerp Headlines Immigration”
Touring Western Europe -Belgium-Scratching The Surface of Antwerp
Leaving Brussels behind we travel, by train, further north and arrive forty five minutes later in Antwerp on Saturday Afternoon.Our accommodation looks directly out onto Theaterplein which is the home of not only the city’s main theatre but also a Saturday market which is in full swing when we arrive. Our Air BnB host, whoContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Belgium-Scratching The Surface of Antwerp”
Touring Western Europe -Brussels -Discovering the Facts About The European Union
We left my new friend Lille (see previous post) last Saturday and travelled north east to Brussels. The capital of Belgium since the country became independent in 1830, with a population just over 2 million, one tenth of the size of Greater London and since 1958 the seat of the European Economic Community, the precursorContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Brussels -Discovering the Facts About The European Union”
A Midlife Adventure 