USA Sep 2011 – Day 10

My last day in Chicago and I was just planning to chill out, do some more North Face shopping and randomly check out the Vietnamese area of Chicago to sample some Pho.

First stop was “Argyle” where I found a pho restaurant with really good reviews. I didn’t realise it was the Vietnamese district if you want to call it that until I got there. From my friends place to there took about an hour but it was definitely worth it.

The pho restaurant was called Pho 777 and it was very good. The portion and broth were good and the spring rolls were tasty. I would try other things too but I don’t have two stomachs like a cow.

After lunch I went back to down town to the North Face store to purchase some more goods before heading back.

In the afternoon I was helping a friend move apartments as she needed muscle power. Its not often you’d adopt the role as a removalist on vacation but I had nothing else to do and besides I would get a free lift to the airport in return. Sounds like a good deal to me … I spent about 2 hours doing that before catching a lift to the airport bound for London.

Chicago O’hare airport terminal 5 is rubbish. It’s supposed to be a proper international airport but its somewhat lacking in the customer entertainment and restaurant category. The main terminal fares much better and up to international standards but they need to work on terminal 5. All the restaurants are before you check in actually its next to check in. Once inside you only have a trolley shop to buy anything.

When I boarded the flight my plan was to sleep as much as possible as when I land I was going to head into the office to do important work for my client. When I discovered the 2 seats next to me were empty, I was extremely happy as I could stretch out and sleep … that was until later on in the flight, some old man asked if he could sit on the aisle. Sleep fail.

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