Chicago

So French duck wanted to take a road trip, and Halloween duck had an idea, let's go to Chicago. French duck was excited about this because while only living in France he had always heard of the amazing places in america so off to Chicago we all went. Here we are traveling to the airport thanks to Christina's starbucks pal Christina. 

Here we are at the airport waiting for the plane

Here we are at the Wade Center in Wheaton Il. The Wade Center has gathered a good deal of artifacts from the Inklings and displays them for those of us who tend toward the obsessed side. Here French duck is sitting on the desk at which JRR Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and bits of other things. 

Tolkien's desk in full. 

Come back soon to see the Wardrobe and see if the ducks get inside to search for Narnia...

Traveling with a Duck in France...

I recently loaned my digital camera to my friend Ben who was going to visit France. There was one small request made in exchange for borrowing the camera I needed a duck in France picture and this is what I got ...

I confess coffee and chocolate definitely make it a duck that would make it home with me. Ben said he brought the duck home for me so now we have a French duck to go with all the others. Maybe a bit of international intrigue is just what was called for this week...