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Chicago—What to Do?

Posted by on Sep 7, 2012 in Countries, United States | 1 comment

Chicago—What to Do?

We had our first Couchsurfing experience in Chicago. What is Couchsurfing? It is a community that helps you to communicate with different people from various countries. Through Couchsurfing, you can either host travelers from around the world or stay at locals’ places for a few days while you are traveling. This is a great way to meet people from different cultures and backgrounds, make friends and learn about the local lifestyle in the place you’re visiting. The first place we stayed at was quite far from downtown Chicago (Northern Chicago), but close to Indian and Pakistani communities.. Free Things We Did in Chicago: The day of our arrival, our host Jerry...

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New York—What to Do in Ten Days

Posted by on Sep 5, 2012 in Countries, United States | 0 comments

New York—What to Do in Ten Days

Ten days in New-York, not enough you will say! Absolutely not enough but for sure better than nothing, and despite this very short period of time we definitely could feel the spirit of the city, enjoy the streets, the non-stop activity, and the people. Check out the places we could visit and the photos we took. Who doesn’t want to visit New-York? Though we usually prefer to visit old historical countries or at least countries which culture is very different from ours, we must admit that the mythical city of New-York is a real exception to this rule! Paradoxically, many American people we met said they didn’t like New-York on the opposite to the foreigners....

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