Let's go!!!

OK....so we are off!!

So we left the house at 8am on Wednesday 18th July, and arrived at our hotel at 8pm on Wednesday 18th July - so a blissful 12 hours of travel.....>WRONG! Pesky time difference meant that we were actually on the move for almost 28 hours!!!

We crossed the international date line on our flight from Sydney to Los Angeles (somewhere in the middle of the pacific) which meant our clocks went backwards a whole 24 hours. So we took off from Sydney airport at 1pm on Wednesday and landed in Los Angeles after flying for 14 hours at 9am on Wednesday.....VERY WEIRD.





 Our flight path from Sydney to Los Angeles.









We then had to wait around in Los Angeles before taking another flight from Los Angeles to Chicago.

But the girls were VERY good the WHOLE time...they were very excited about having their own TVs to play with on the plane and getting their own special meals to have at their table. Excited to the point of not wanting to sleep - but we all eventually got a few hours of sleep!

 

 So here we are in Chicago....a BIG 12 hours in sleep heaven last night and a swim in the pool on the 19th floor we are refreshed and ready to hit the town.

We managed to find the river that runs through the centre of the city....

 And found the 'lake' called Lake Michigan (which is so big you can't even see the other side!) and went to Navy Pier to have a ride on the big ferris wheel which gave us a great view of the city.

 Chicago is a great city with loads of contrasting buildings - some very old and some very new. There are LOTS of things to do and see and although Neve wanted to do and see it all today, we have a few more days to get things done.

And so ended our first 'official' day of our trip (the day of travel doesn't count in my book!).....ready to get up and do it all again tomorrow.