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July 5th, 2010, 12:36 AM
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Chicago, Niagra Falls and Toronto
My trip to Chicago, train journey to Buffalo and then a taxi ride across the border to niagra Falls and then Toronto followed by a last night in Chicago before flying home.
image hosted on flickr  We arrived lateish and couldnt find a taxi after getting off the train from the airport (rush hour) so had to walk in the pouring rain to the hotel. here is the view, somewhere in the gloom is the Sears Tower! image hosted on flickr  Classic Chicago river architectural trip image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Was really impressed by the scale of this building image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr 
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July 5th, 2010, 10:32 AM
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Very nice photos of Chicago so far; i will wait for the rest
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July 6th, 2010, 05:14 AM
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Excellent pics! I also look forward to Niagara and Toronto photos!
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July 6th, 2010, 11:20 AM
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Thank you
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July 8th, 2010, 12:09 PM
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July 8th, 2010, 07:15 PM
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Despite the awful weather your pics look wonderful!
Keep posting. 
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July 8th, 2010, 07:32 PM
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This thread inspired me! I want to do exactly the same trip!
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July 9th, 2010, 04:00 AM
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What a spectacular city!!!
 The Transportation building is a monsterrr!!!
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July 9th, 2010, 09:24 AM
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Thansk for the comments, very easy to organise Nightsky so i would go for it if i was you!
Rush hour on the bridges image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  View from my balcony once the mists cleared up image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  unbelievable number of people going to the museums! image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr 
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July 9th, 2010, 09:53 AM
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Cardiff was this trip this year or in your 09 trip? I can't see the photos from work.
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July 9th, 2010, 10:20 AM
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Really awesome, great photos cardiff
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July 10th, 2010, 01:04 PM
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Great shots, I can see the weather is better in the last ones. Is it very expensive to go between Chicago, Toronto and Niagara Falls the way you did?
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July 10th, 2010, 07:08 PM
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These shots are 1337
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July 11th, 2010, 12:44 AM
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Great photos!
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July 11th, 2010, 12:58 AM
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Chicago. IMO the most beautiful city in North America. It changes radically from winter to summer heh (I was there in the winter), but still looks awesome. The building-canyon in the Chicago river is really jawdropping. I couldn't get out of that place.
Thank you for the pics, let's see what you got from TO too. 
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July 11th, 2010, 03:27 AM
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i like it very much 8
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July 16th, 2010, 12:13 AM
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bnk - this was 09, just taken me a while to upload
Thanks Christos, always nice to have apreciation for the time it takes to post pics Nightsky - it is as expensive as you want it to be, if you are in the states then flying wont cost too much but the train journey can be cheap with simply sleeping in reclining seats or you can get a cabin like i did (I had second from best which was ample but he one above was twice the size). schmidt - i agree that Chicago is my favourite USA city so far (i have others to see), its a nice mix of big city but isnt too large (like New york) that you feel unconnected to it, but then i always rate cities similar sized to Chicago higher than bigger cities (except London ). I would also say that the river goes a long way to give me that impression, its Chicagos trump card.Thanks to everyone for your kind comments, now more pics Weather was alot better image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Unfortunately the glass deck opened a week after i left, but the views were still great image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr 
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July 16th, 2010, 03:53 PM
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Chicago's such a clean and organized city, nice mix of young and old architecture sitting right on the river.. just great.
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July 16th, 2010, 07:36 PM
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It actually sits on a lake.....
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July 17th, 2010, 09:49 AM
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Chicago sits on a lake and straddles a river.
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