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Photo AlbumSpring Break in Chicago (03/13/2007) (45 photos)Mar 14, '07 1:46 AM
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Lincoln Park Zoo & Navy Pier
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Photo AlbumDowntown Chicago (07/05/2005) (21 photos)Jul 12, '05 5:41 PM
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Zen's still in the process of changing her last name to her married name. One of the documents that needed ammendments was her passport, and so we went to the nearest Philippine Consulate General in the midwest -- in Chicago, Illinois!

Using Google Maps, we estimated a 226-mile trip in four hours to downtown Chicago. We left Coralville before 6:00AM to reach the consulate upon opening.

The trip was exciting as it was our first time to drive across different states. Cruise control helped a lot in the long freeway stretches, especially in maintaing the legal speed. Everything seemed to be easy, until we reached the highways of metropolitan Chicago. The traffic began to tighten. Other cars were zipping past us and approaching our rear fast. I tried to stay in the limit but decided it was safer to just speed up with the general flow of traffic. Driving like there's-no-speed-limit reminded me of similar conditions in the Metro Manila hiways. No wonder some people are "allergic" to freeways. Consequently, we arrived at the consulate early.

At the consulate, we were asked if we would like to wait for the processing of Zen's passport until 3:00PM. We decided to return to the consulate in the afternoon, and waiting turned out to be a blessing as we were able to tour some of the attractions in downtown Chicago . . .
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