First Day in Chicago

Started off the day with a bit of trivia, Chicago is on Central time, not eastern, so we a) had an extra hour of train go get through, and b) were going to need a lot of coffee today.

Arrived in Chicago at a bright and early 8.45, and after failing to figure out their public transport system, we opted for a taxi to take us to our hotel. Luckily they already had a room ready for us, so we dumped our bags and realigned our spines before locating the nearest Starbucks to caffienate and peruse tourist brochures. p.s. our bed is gigantic. think California King bed... only in Chicago.

The hop on hop off bus took our fancy, as it lasts for the duration of our stay and it was a good way for us to get to know the city. FYI, winter = off season -> not much is happening in Chicago at this time of the year other than Lake Michigan freezing over. 

From the little red tourist trolley, we saw

Millenium Park and the giant Bean

Water Tower

Navy Pier (will explore tomorrow)

the Church from My Best Friend's Wedding

and the church from the Saint Valentine's Massacre

 If you look closely you can see the bullet hole from the massacre between the branches

Soldier field - the Stadium that the Chicago Cubs play at

Garretts Popcorn

 Best popcorn Caramel everrr

Candyality

Willis Tower (formerly Sears tower) the tallest building

 The Excalibur - Chicago's haunted building

Lake Michigan

NBC building

Wrigley building (1st building to have a bridge between buildings)

Picasso Sculpture

Jewelers Row

and HEAPS more - but its kind of hard to take pictures in a little tour trolley - with windows and extreme tiredness compromising the photos.