The Loop Chicago

Visite de Chicago 2ème journée …

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... at once. From Midway airport it was very easy to get to the downtown area of the city, often referred to as the Loop. The CTA (Chicago Transport Authority) Orange Line took me straight to the HI Chicago Youth Hostel for $1.50 in about 30 minutes. The ...

I love this place! After seeing Niagara Falls and Buffalo my faith in the States was beginning to wane but Chicago... this place is something else. I walked out of the station on Sunday and was immediately greeted by a plethora of beautiful skyscrapers. ...

... day we hired bikes and cycled 30 miles of Water Front. We went north to Montrose Harbour, on the way back we took the loop past Notebaert Nature Museum and Lincoln Park Zoo and then cycled down to 63 Street Beach and the Osaka Japanese Garden. On the ...

... to see all of the modern sculpture, then the theatre/pavilion, then we crossed one of the many bridges over the river to check out the "Loop" - which is named for the public transit system that Loops around that area...  After living in Boston where ...

... were full so we hadn't much of a choice! Anyway, Chicago is a really nice city - we spent most of the day walking around The Loop (the central part of the city) which has all the fancy shops, bars and restaurants - when we were sitting having dinner ...

... ago certainly wanted to get their money's worth in terms of cramming as much in to as tighter space as possible. When you're in the Loop (city centre-ish) and you look up, the building you see will have at least 20 floors. Some will have 50 and the ...

... 9am. After such an long journey, and not the most comfortable night of sleep, we got a taxi to our hotel just south of 'The Loop' and crashed out for a few hours sleep. Once we'd woken up, showered, and generally got ourselves sorted, we ventured out on ...

... to live for the next 3 years. We had moved on from Lincoln Park (too long of a commute)... but was still interested in exploring the Loop and NEWLY interested in the South Loop. We saw about 5 places.  Fell in love with a townhouse in South Loop in ...

... out a moment, but that city has got such a high vibe! All the blues cafes, people on the street, metros doing the loop downtown, hot dog and deep pizza places... mmm! I liiiiiiiike! I got in luck that weekend, it turned out that on Friday Jeff Mills ...

... chairs – booze or faulty chairs???? The next day was a late start but it was Tourist Day. We went to the loop (the main financial district) and saw the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower and the tallest building in the Western hemisphere). We ...