Fay, Having lived in the Milwaukee area and used O'Hare airport for a lot of international travel, I can tell you that there are several private bus services that run regular routes to/from O'Hare and Milwaukee, if you choose to visit there.
Also, if you are considering air travel within the States, one of the best (cheapest) and reliable carriers is Southwest Airlines (www.southwest.com) They are a "short haul" airline that prides itself on low fares and good service. They typically serve smaller airports in major cities, such as Midway on the south side of Chicago. Booking now will get you some pretty good fares. I just booked a couple of round trip tickets from Indianapolis to Tampa, and it was only $87/person each way ($174.00 per person total.) You can only book them through their Web site - they do not participate in any of the large travel aggregators like Orbitz or others. I'm sure your travel agent can book them as well. I'm not sure I would "ride the dog" if I were you. It's cheap, but very slow, and probably the most "colorful" members of our society use it. If you're looking to immerse yourself in the culture, fine, but I would not consider it for any lengthy travel. And while you didn't mention Indianapolis, if your travels bring you through the area, we are more than happy to put you and the brood up at "Chez Penoff". We have plenty of room and are located close to a couple of major interstate highways, depending on the direction you're heading. Just let us know so we can expect you.... Dan --- On Sun, 2/21/10, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > From: Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hendrik and Co coming to the US of A in June > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 6:48 PM > Thanks Rich > > Rich Thomas wrote: > > Check out Greyhound Bus Lines (called "Ridin' da dog") > for buses. They go about everywhere. And as a > free bonus you get quite the sociological education from > your fellow passengers. > > > > There is a train that goes from O'Hare (Chicago) to > downtown, pretty easy ride. There are some nice things > to do in Chicago (Museum of Science and Industry), art > museums, some great pizza places there too. > > > > I would not take a train from Chicago to NY -- that > route is probably one of the worst for performance given all > the cities it would go through. You could do that in a > 2 day drive (or maybe 16 hr straight through). The > only part that would be half attractive is through the > mountains. Or jump on a plane and it is maybe 3 hr flt > and you don't have to deal with it (having dealt with it > numerous times -- it gets old after about 2 hours). > > > > One of those Amtrak (our only passenger train line, > run by the gummint if that gives you a clue) trains that > goes across the west is supposed to be in some pretty > country, esp through the Rockies, maybe from Chicago on > west? I think there is one that goes across Canada > too, that might actually be better to take -- pop up to > Toronto or Montreal from NYC and then do it. Maybe > ends up in Vancouver or somewhere, then easy pop down to > SFO. http://www.seat61.com/Canada.htm#Canadian > > > > --R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
