Magnificent Mile Chicago

Our second major stop. Got in, enjoyed some tasty deep dish pizza that took forever to be ready (we had to wait like 45 minutes for it!!). After that, we went for a train ride and a walk through Millennium Park and saw the Married with Children fountain (Buckingham Fountain). After that, another stroll on our way back, where we caught the end of a …

Sunday 9/16/12:

It was time to regretfully say goodbye to Nashville – what a special place! The last few days in Nashville flew by far too quickly and we enjoyed it immensely. We decided to schlep all the way to Chicago, which would put us a day ahead of our original schedule to give us time to head to the New England area before New …

A quick getaway was in the cards and Chicago was on my bucket list for the longest time. So the bags are packed- thankfully with my down coat and warm boots! Anytime is beautiful in Chicago but winter adds another layer of clothes and challenges. Although I may have been a bit whiny about the sub zero temps, the Chicago folks are not! They seem to …

After another hearty, delicious , free breakfast at the Marriott, we are off and out in the cold once again. We take the bus to the Art Institute of Chicago. A nice ride down Magnificent Mile. It is open at 10 am and we are there shortly afterwards. (One small hiccup, however, nearly ruins the day. Gisela discovers that her wallet is missing from …

Chicago porte bien son nom de ville des vents. Ce qu'on ne savait pas, c'était que les vents étaient "fret". Le mercure a atteint un beau gros 15 degrés aujourd'hui. Vraiment pas chaud.

Par contre, ça ne nous a pas empêché de passer une très belle journée. Magasinage sur le Magnificent Mile, promenade sur le Navy Pier, tour du Millenium …

The drive from Canada to Chicago was long and tiring but worth it.

We arrived at Comfort Suites in Grayslake, IL after a 10 1/2 hour drive. We met up with John & Larissa Fenton (our daughter-in-law, Lorelie's Dad and wife) Wed. & Thursday evenings for dinner at two excellent italian restaurants, Giordano's and Lou Malnati's.

I flew into Chicago on Sunday the 28th. I got here pretty late after my plane got delayed almost 4 hours. I had spent an entire day traveling and wanted to go to bed as soon as I got here to try and keep my sleeping pattern in tact so I was pretty disapointed I had done nothing interesting.
The next morning I woke up bright an early, so around …

Woke up around 9 am and pretty much as soon as I sat up, I started crying straight away. Today was the day we parted ways with Shell and Waddo. I'd spent over 3 months with Shellbo by now, all day everyday at a summer camp and I could barely look at her in the morning! I was so so sad, beyond sad. I didn't look at her in the eye until we were out …

American accents have always grated on me a little and I've never really worked out why. In the UK theres something about a southern drawl or a high pitched rasp that just makes me squirm inside a little. And I've noticed that I haven't been squirming at all about it the last few weeks. Whats the difference and why has that small blessing …

... normal touristy things: museums and such (Field Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Adler Planetarium and more), Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile (although why a stretch of land covered in stores would be called "magnificent" is beyond me) and, of ...

... Jovi wannabe complete with leather jackets and highly decorated t-shirts. Not even amusing. On Tuesday I walked along the pier and the Magnificent Mile. Just took it easy really. I will have to come back one day and spend a week and a lot of ...

... time in America that the heat was a problem. Next day we walked through Lincoln Park & Zoo down to Chicago city centre. We walked down Magnificent Mile where all the posh shops are, saw Sears Tower and Water Tower Place, and visited lots of shopping ...

... site Priceline.com for the first time and managed to find ourselves a 4 star bargain right in the heart of the Magnificent Mile, its a fantastic website which I wish we had started using earlier.   It was absolutely freezing when we arrived ...

... tourist attraction in the state of Illinois, for a look around and a view of the yaught clubs on Lake Michigan. Next stop was 'Magnificent Mile'where we took a look at the shops and two of the oldest survivng buildings from the fire damage of the past. ...

... . "I thought it was San Francisco where they chilled out on the grass...?" - Shelly Nowland. We continued our walk along the Magnificent Mile and saw many more sights. We saw heaps of well known American shops, the Water Tower, the Michigan Avenue ...

... everywhere I travel. My second day I aimed at exploring the downtown area, another tourist hot spot. I started with the Magnificent Mile – basically a bunch of shops towered over by tall buildings. There was the water building, the only building ...

... visited the ‘Soldier Field’ where ‘Chicago Bears’ play (football), and the ‘United Centre’ where the ‘Chicago Bulls’ (basketball) and ‘Blackhawks’ play (ice-hockey). Shopped on ‘Michigan ...

... did have similar qualities. Hotel 71 on E Wacker St, however, was a gem. Well located just off Michigan Ave (Magnificent Mile), a huge L- shaped room with plenty of space for paper aeroplane contests and the ever growing menagerie of stuffed ...

... years ago! So we were very excited to see them and recreate the picture that my great-grandmother took. Next, we drove down the "Magnificent Mile," as Michigan Ave. is called. This street is the shopping mecca of the city, it was pretty cool to see all ...