Day 11: The Living Day-lights

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Anyway, it's been heaving it down in Illinois today and with me not feeling very well at all I decided it was best if I stayed in and got some rest. I finally had a shave so I'm no longer rocking the hobo-chic and have spent the day listening to music and reading. Housekeeping was meant to be done today but I think I slept through their attempts to get in.

I had a Skype chat with the family - it was nice to see Basil and Sooty again - and through that managed to find where I want to stay in Washington DC. The hotel is situated in Chinatown and it's meant to be walking distance away from most things of importance which is a huge plus for me. Come to think of it, how come Chinatown is a town? There's no mayor... It's more like a novelty street... Regardless, it's more expensive than it is where I'm currently staying but it'll definitely be worth paying that little bit extra to be more involved with the city and what it has to offer.

I'm not sure what I've got planned for the weekend. If I'm still unwell I probably won't stray too far. I'll probably just get stuff sorted out for the DC leg of the trip and see about going up the Willis Tower Skydeck.

Jambo out.

Day 6: Return of the Jed-Day

C'mon, you've gotta give me that one. It's getting harder and harder to think of appropriate film titles.

Massive shout-out to my brother-in-law Iain for doing the Great North Run today. He raised a lot of money for charity. I'll buy you a beer for your efforts when I get back.

Anyway, my feet were still killing me when I woke up so any plans of walking for any conceivable amount of time were thrown out the window in favour of another comfy day in the hotel room. I've exhausted my supply of Mountain Dew so will have to pick some up tomorrow on the way back from Chicago. I'm considering a trip to the Magnificent Mile tomorrow as I desperately need a pair of shorts and a shaver and it's somewhere interesting I haven't been yet.

I think I'm going to spend the rest of the day getting something to eat (the Baconator from Wendy's sounds pretty good!!) and then browsing the 'Net and my travel guide for places I need to visit while I'm here.

Looking ahead to Tuesday, I think I'll explore the parts of Itasca that I keep threatening to and find a local watering hole. In other news, I finally won a game of Patience! Grated, it's a one player game, but I didn't have to cheat this time! Majorly chuffed with that.

Jambo out.