Mark and I blocked off a long weekend to travel with some good friends to
Chicago. We had never visited the windy city and decided it was time to explore
the nations 3rd largest city with a population of 2.7 million. Our first
observation was that it is a fairly clean city with super friendly people. We
started our trip Day 1 wondering around Millennium Park and checking out "Cloud
Gate" more commonly known as the "Bean". An awesome piece of sculpture. We ended
the day with a sunset architecture river and Lake Michigan cruise. Beautiful
view!
Day
2- Cub's Game and Wrigley Field - What a prefect day for baseball! Wrigley
Field, which was built in 1914 and is such a cool stadium! It is the
second-oldest ballpark in the majors behind Boston's Fenway Park. The singing of
"Take me out to the Ball Game" for the 7th inning stretch gave us goose
bumps. We ended the day with a free concert by the Chicago Symphony in
Millennium Park.
Day 3 - Ughhh... super crowded Shed Aquarium and the Adler
Planetarium. However, the city view from the Planetarium was wonderful (a place
we decided to come back to for night photography of the city) and that evening
we went hear the Doobie Brothers and Chicago in concert. Super fun!
Day 4 - Tall Buildings -
We decided to experience all views of the Sears (now called the Willis) Tower
and the Hancock Building. Plus, we hit the river for some nighttime
shots. Then Mark got up before sunrise to shoot the bean without any people around.
Day 5 - Breakfast at the landmark "Lou Mitchells" restaurant. If
you have to wait in line, they feed you donut holes, coffee and milk duds while
you wait. Luckily, we did not have to wait but still got to enjoy the donut
holes before catching the "EL" back to the airport. I wish we had such a great
transit system in Austin!
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