Vroom vroom!

Milwaukee 21-23 Nov 2011



Vroom vroom! The Harley-Davidson Museum was the highlight of this trip.

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We randomly picked a spot nearby for a short holiday - Milwaukee. We decided not to drive so we took the Metra to Chicago and changed to an Amtrak, which turned out to be really comfortable.
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Apples galore!

Apple Holler, 23 Oct 2011



The Desperate Housewives of Evanston went apple picking!! :)

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The girls went apple picking at Apple Holler on Sunday!

This map came with the tickets:
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California sunshine!

California, 17-24 Aug 2011



Sito went to both LA and San Francisco...more than 20 years ago! I've never been to LA before this but check out my last trip to San Francisco.

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This has to be the most last-minute trip we've had so far. Settled tickets and hotels only five days before the journey!

Wednesday, 17 August - plenty of wonderings...

Welcome to Tinseltown, Mr and Mrs Sito! :)
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Kentucky Derby!

Kentucky Derby, 6-7 May 2011



Yup, that was a guy with a horse costume with a girl in front...! It was supposed to be horse-racing but in the infield, there was more partying than anything else!

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Four happy busloads of Kellogg students and some JVs set off on Friday for Kentucky Derby!

One bus had sleepers. Another had a "merlion" after hours of partying on the bus. Ours was quite moderate - a mix of sleepers and party people, but thankfully no merlion.
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Cherry blossoms instead of sakura

Washington DC, 8-10 Apr 2011



It was a very short trip - we arrived on Friday evening and left on Sunday afternoon.

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We have both been to Japan during sakura season but separately. This time, we walked together along cherry blossom trees in DC :)

miso: Um, what's the difference? Sakura and cherry blossoms?
mf: Language :p
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Dairy land

Madison, 23-26 Mar 2011



Went out of town for the first time since we got settled in after KWEST.

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Sito came home last Saturday! :) And so did I - went to Madison to visit SZ on days 10-13 of home alone.

Hmmm, I just had a thought, that the home was really alone while we were both gone...

Anyway, so I set off for Madison on Wednesday afternoon. Took my trusty bus to O'Hare to catch a coach to Madison, but I almost took the wrong coach! I'm so rusty now that I haven't been on the road for years, sighs..
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