Millennium Park Chicago

Chicago is ...

This is THE place! Never thought that I would take to a place so quick, but I have to say that I have with Chicago! The view of downtown as we approached on the interstate was amazing. So many tall buildings so concentrated together but looking majestic. Then our first night out at a local bar, such friendly people, the …

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 …

We hopped on the Chicago L train towards the loop for the day. We first went and had Chicago style hot dogs at Gold Coast Dogs. They had hot peppers, neon green relish, mustard, onions, tomatoes, and much more. We then took a walk to Millennium Park to see the reflective bean. That thing was so cool, and there seemed to be a school chorus event …

Today we had another sleep in. The alarm went off at 10am! We've needed to catch up on our sleep since Disneyland.
We got ourselves sorted and went for a stroll down the magnificent Mile (Michigan Ave). First stop was Macy's where Danielle got her makeup done in MAC, and bought heaps of makeup!
Meanwhile the girls and I checked out the …

Woke up this morning with a bad back - sleeping on too soft a bed. Today we are heading out for a boat ride on the lake where we get to see Trump Tower, Sears Tower, the Chicago Tribune building, NBC studios (home of The Jerry Springer show). Our tour guide on the boat was really funny but sadly couldn't convince us to stay outside when the heavens …

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 …

We felt a little bit rough in the morning but were determined to crack on with the sightseeing as we only had the one full day in Chicago. My hangover however had other plans and after a faint/nauseous turn I admitted defeat and had to head back to the hostel to snooze it off. Stacey went off sightseeing on her own for a bit. Once I had recovered …

De laatste dag van deze vakantie is aangebroken. We hebben de laatste dagen al wat meer over thuis gesproken want voor Koen is het een vol jaar geleden dat hij vertrokken is, terug gaan is dan toch weer anders dan van vakantie terug komen. Vanochtend pakken we alle koffers in en checken uit, de koffers geven we nog even in bewaring want we vliegen …

I found Chicago a fantastic place to visit. I think it has something for everyone. It has a great downtown with huge skyscrapers to a lovely neighbourhood called Lincoln Park where I stayed which is near the beach and Lake Michigan to relax.

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... we had a head wind so we stopped off at Promontory Point for an icecream :-) We were knackered when we returned the bike to Millennium Park where all the sculptures are. We had a great day and took in some beautiful sights of the city. We wandered back ...

... an inch higher or we would have had some problems... we kind of forgot it was up there. The race against time began in Millennium Park to see all of the modern sculpture, then the theatre/pavilion, then we crossed one of the many bridges over the river ...

... would have been enough, but we could be in error. Jeff did get bullish on Chicago insisting on riding the bronze bull across from Millennium Park! Actually, Jeff was displaying his enthusiasm for tonight's dinner at Charlie Trotter's. Marie and ...

... they are made of stone, not wood, like the rest of the city was made of back then). After that Bro. Ed drove us to Millennium Park so we could walk around and especially see the two-column fountain with the faces on it and the bean. The bean is really ...

... I then walked to the Magnificent Mile which is a famous street that hotels and restaurants are on and made my way to Millennium Park which is a fantastic part of Chicago and a place I loved to sit in and relax on my last trip. I saw the jellybean mirror ...

... . We also got to check out some of the set/props for Transformers 3.  Very cool.  I then proceeded to head to Millennium Park to meet Alyssa (her work building overlooks the park. Jealous I am.) and check out the Art Institute of Chicago. ...

... blue Chicago river and Michigan ave and stopped for lunch where l had a great soup eatable bread bowl. We then headed to Millennium park and to a cool mirror glove where we watched wedding photos taking place and made funny reflections in the globe. We ...

... over to the visitors info centre and picked up some leaflets and maps, before crossing the road to the newly constructed Millennium Park. There is loads of cool art installations and sculptures there, like 2 huge block fountains with video of people on ...

... remember. Saturday I went to a bridal shower and Shaan met up with an old friend.  Later, we connected and explored downtown--Millennium Park, the Bean, and there was an aborted attempt to go up to the top of the Hancock. Sunday night we had some ...

... famous deep-dish pizza.  However, when we looked at the menu, the thin-crust pizzas pulled us in.  We walked around Millennium Park and saw the Jay Pitzker Pavillion.  It is a huge outdoor music venue that has free shows every day.  ...