This morning we went on an architecture boat tour of chicago along the river. The guide was funny, informative and incredibly talkative - he didn't stop speaking for the whole 2 hour tour apart from one 5 minute break! I think that's what they like here.Anyway, the tour was brilliant, and made us appreciate just how much varied and beautiful architecture was around. It's not something either of us know much about, but even we could tell it was amazi...

Today was mostly another insurance write off... pun intended. We spent all morning on the phone trying to get approval so I could see a US doctor for an x ray. Rob fortunately did all the calling, it was so painful, and when we left they still didn't have an answer for us on when we could see someone.Anyway, we eventually headed out and went for a famous Chicago style pizza for lunch, complete with thick pie style crust. I quite liked it, although I do pref...

We got to the airport again this morning and everything was going to plan... right up until the captain said there was a problem with the aeroplane so we couldn't take off. Apparently they'd stacked the bags and it was massively lopsided. He said this had never happened to him before in 20 years of flying... so I wouldn't fly with me and Rob anytime soon the luck we have!Anyway, eventually we set off and landed in Chicago that afternoon. We had an a...

We landed in Houston and very shortly were on our next flight to LA. We went there last year on our California road trip so weren't staying there, just getting an internal flight straight up to Chicago.It was a few hours before our Chicago flight, so we settled in the lounge and toasted our arrival in the US with some champagne! Things were all going well until we went to check on our flight status and found it had been cancelled. We joined a long queue of a...

Today we started the long journey north to, eventually, Chicago! We had a lovely breakfast at the French cafe, then just mooched around waiting for our flight (I still couldn't brush my own hair so I got a blow dry)! After a gorgeous lunch at Mr Soup we went to the airport for the first of four flights in two days - Cusco to Lima! A couple of hours later we were on our next flight, headed to Houston, Texas. North America here we come!