Thursday, June 18, 2009

Chi Town

Brian and I had a great weekend in.....

We did A LOT of walking (approx. 10 miles total) along the lake shore and back and forth across the......

We saw.....

as we walked through Millenium Park on our way from the Planetarium (free day, yay!) to Navy Pier.



That night we checked in to our FABULOUS hotel (the 4 star Hyatt Regency O'Hare for $50 on Priceline, yay!). We slept in .......


and gazed up at.......

As we rode the glass elevators up to our floor we looked down on....

After a restful night we hopped in the car and headed to the greatest store on earth......
Back to the hotel and the realization that (a) eastbound traffic is at a stand still and (b) the train station is right in front of our hotel. So we rode the train in to the Loop again and did some more walking. This time down to.....
The Field Museum was interesting, but unfortunately the Real Pirates exhibit was sold out already.


Next we strolled along Michigan Avenue (amidst some very smug and joyous Twins fans) and ate some Chicago style pizza. Then it was back to the train station (two transfers and all) and out to the burbs and our hotel for an early night....because we had to be up early for



The NASCAR RACE AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY the next day!!!!



To be continued..........

1 comment:

Deena said...

Wow! That was worth at least 8,000 words!! :) Very neat style to convey your trip. :D