December 22, 2003
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December 2003 Chicago Midway Airport
Chicago’s Midway Airport is really not such a bad airport. It’s kind of hard to find, though. It’s at the corner of 55th St. and Cicero.
The long term parking there kind of sucks though. Although tickets from Midway are cheap, the economy parking (which is in barely-paved lots that you must use a shuttle to get to and from the airport, unless you like playing Frogger) is $10/day, which is exhorbitant.
The good thing is the transport to and from the lots is pretty good. There are multiple long term parking lots — Blue Lot, Red Lot, and Yellow Lot — all $10/day. There is also good shuttle service (free) to and from a large number of hotels in Chicago.
I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Willowbrook which is pretty nice this time of year. Tons of Christmas parties with free food and great dancing music. The parties are so crowded that it’s easy to crash them. The rooms are nice and the heater worked, which was a major plus.
Santa Claus and his wife were there when I stayed there.
