We headed to Chicago early on Saturday morning, and arrived before noon. It was Jordan, me, Stacie our friend from Costa Rica, and her roommate Dana. We started at Millennium Park.
This is a large park with a few museums, a large fountain, some tourist sites, and a very large stage for concerts. We wanted to see “the bean” which is a famous part of Chicago. Here are some pictures with the bean!
After walking around the park for a little while, we walked down Michigan Avenue and through downtown Chicago. We walked to the Willis Tower, which is the new name for the Sears Tower. It was super cloudy and not worth it to go up, so we didn’t, but here are a few pictures of it.
We then went over to Navy Pier. There was a lot to do there, but we just walked around and ate some lunch.
Chicago has a free zoo!! So of course we went to that. It’s called Lincoln Park Zoo. Here are a few pictures there. They actually had a lot of animals, it was fun.
After the zoo, I was lucky enough to get to see my aunt, uncle, and cousins from Wisconsin again! We met up for dinner at Uncle Julio’s and it was yummy tex-mex food. Here are a few pictures with my cousins.
Back at Millennium park is the Buckingham fountain that has a light show and music each hour. It was very nice to sit and watch, and we actually had some fireworks in the background during which was nice. I got a few good pictures of the city at night as well.
Us in the hotel room
We headed back home in the morning after seeing Stacie’s college. St.Francis University near Chicago. We hit some rain but it wasn’t too bad. Chicago was a little bit cold but I am sure we will have a big change when we get home to the heat of AZ.
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