Tuesday, April 08, 2008

But of course!

Alex from Building Bridges has just returned from her first visit to Chicago.

And she's in love.
But of course.

Her Chicago report is well worth a visit, if only to stroll through her suburb photos of the city. Well, stroll and come to the realization that I do indeed have excellent taste in adopted homes, if I do say so myself.

Alex, not long ago I was one of those friendly Chicagoans who instinctively asked the map-bearing lost if I could help, or rambled off the detailed history of a corner or a building....

3 comments:

guerson said...

One of my professors was quite impressed with the level of knowledge and engagement of the locals with their city and its architectural history...

Although the race dynamics are a bit different from what we see in Canada, I still enjoyed it immensely. Living there for a year or two might be in future plans... Coming from someone who wouldn't have considered living anywhere in the US not too long ago, it is quite a compliment ;)

Thanks for referring back to my post...

on another note - I guess we'll have to replace our plans to visit Salamanca for a few days' walk along the camino aragonés. If I wanted to walk for about 3 days, having one night in your albergue, where could I start and finish that would have public transit connection to get back to Barcelona? I found a way of getting to Jaca from Zaragoza, but I'm not sure about Sanguessa... Would that be the best place to stop? Unfortunately, I won't have time to do the whole camino aragonés but would like to walk for a few days...

guerson said...

PS: my blog is on wordpress, not typepad....

wandering-woman said...

Hey Alex, I'll write you about the Camino.
And I put up two posts in far too much of muddled hurry yesterday and screwed up both-- luckily here it was just your URL; which I fixed right away when you told me. Sorry. I shall pay attention or cease the blogging, I've decided. :)