Day 4:
Another museum morning. This time it’s a trip to the Field Museum. Again, the museum is huge. Also, once again, I was meeting Lina at the Navy Pier for 1pm, so I had to rush through some of the exhibits. The Field Museum has many many different areas and is the home of the most complete T-rex fossil, Sue. They also have a large collection of stuffed animals (not the kind you give to kids before going to bed), but the kind that was once alive. They even have some real mummies. Cool and creepy.
After rushing through some exhibits, I made my way over to the Navy Pier and had a Chicago Style hotdog. It comes with mustard, hot peppers, relish, celery salt, tomato, and a pickle. Mmm. The Pier was a neat place to take pics, but not that exciting as most of the stores were closed. It’s more of a summer attraction.
After that we did little shopping around downtown, checked out the Bean (actually called Cloud Gate) at Millennium Park, and finally went over to Hancock tower for a 360 degree view of the city at night.
Day 5:
Get ready for Home time. We pack up our stuff and leave it with guest services. Our plan for Day 5 is to head back to Millennium park and take more pictures of the buildings and art pieces before we head back to the hotel.
After our park venture, we had lunch at Giordano’s for it’s famous Chicago style stuffed pizza. We shared a medium and didn’t have to eat for the rest of the day. Did a bit more shopping and headed to the airport.
Conclusion:
The trip was a lot of fun. If you are going to Chicago for a visit, I would recommend that you get a CTA pass for 7 days ($20) for unlimited use of their transit system as well as the Chicago City Pass for the attractions I’ve visited. Since, I was running around quite a bit I wasn’t able to find many of their free WiFi spots around, but there are plenty of them. Keep and eye open for Caribou Coffee (they have great Chai Lattes with soy milk) and Panera Bread if you are looking for free WiFi access. I sure wish I had an iPod touch while I was there.
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