The Lincoln Service train route is a route between Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri with nine stops in between. In this post, we discuss the journey from Chicago to Springfield, including buying tickets, getting to Union Station, and riding the train.
A lot of people from the Midwest winter in Florida. It’s not uncommon to fly south for three months of sunshine instead of three months of digging a car out of the snow. These sunshine-chasers are called snowbirds, and they’re usually about twice our age. So how did we turn out to be snowbirds at …
Iowa City, Iowa, USA | Iowa City is a college town with serious Midwestern vibes. Located in the middle of Iowa, which is in the middle of the United States, it’s a small city surrounded by farms and rolling hills on all sides. The people here say things like “pop” and “ope” and they are as …
We did it! We travelled the world for a whole year! In the spirit of Lattes & Runways, we celebrated our One Year Travelversary in Luxembourg with the most delicious almond milk latte of all time. Then we watched the Brazil v. Mexico World Cup soccer match at a pub and talked about how — …
In the past nine months, we’ve been to five continents, 24 counties, 53 cities, and twelve Disney parks. That is every single Disney park across the globe, plus the Aulani Hawaiian resort just for good measure. We expected international travel to wear away at some of Disney’s sparkle. We thought that maybe after traveling the …
Aloha! We’re writing to you today from Disney’s Aulani resort in Hawaii. This dreamy getaway is located on the island of Oahu, about 15 miles west from the state capital of Honolulu. The resort and spa, owned and operated by Disney, is a beautiful Polynesian-themed resort on a private oceanfront lagoon. While the resort features …
After spending three months in South America, we flew back to the US for my high school best friend’s wedding. We found a great deal to fly Air Canada Business Class from Santiago, Chile to Toronto, which is honestly why we planned the trip to Santiago at all. After an amazing Business Class experience, we …
We’re having some fun on the blog today and talking about one of our all-time favorite cities: Chicago! Our Chicago History Kenny was born and raised on the city’s Northside and grew up going to Cubs games, taking trips to the Field Museum and eating gyros and pizza puffs from Franksville. He ventured south for …
On my last day of work, my insanely talented (and smart and kind and all sorts of other positive adjectives I didn’t throw her way enough) coworker gave me two pairs of handmade Mickey Mouse ears from her Etsy shop, Main Street Atelier (now closed). They are seriously the cutest things I’ve ever seen, and …
Origin: Chicago, IL (MDW) Destination: Orlando, FL (MCO) Flight time: 2:13:15 Miles Covered: 1,085 Airline: Southwest Plane: Boeing 737-800 Flight Cost (for 2): $219 Payment Type: cash Food: Wheat Thins & Peanuts Entertainment: Bob’s Burgers Amenity Kit: None Primary Language: English Memorable Moment: Flying through storm clouds at sunset