Chicago tour guide role being wound down It's been very nice having my quasi sister-in-law and her two girls with us. We went to the Lincoln Park Zoo yesterday, phew there were some funny looking things there, and the gorilla's and warthogs were overweight and intriging too! Seriously my ostensive nieces are a credit to their parents, and their Auntie of course and it's been really satisfying showing people around the city once again, and sadly probably for the last time.

Last night we managed to slip out and see a couple of old Chicago friends of ours. He an Aussie, although probably the biggest Anglophile since Loyd Grossman, come on mate, admit it? Her a Chicagoan and their ex-pat lifes took them to Zurich a year ago. They have since had a baby, who has more passports than a Great Train Robber, and it was great to catch up.

Tomorrow night is part II of Chicago Addick's leaving do's. This time a mid-afternoon work finish to sit outside a riverfront bar in the sun with a few of the lads and ladettes.

And just a few days away from Euro 2008. I am going to try to get it into it, I am but I can't promise though. My sporting diet is being taken up by the Stanley Cup, the NBA finals and the French Open at the moment, although they could all be digested by the end of the weekend.  ¶ 22:39