Day 61 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

Day 61 – 8th August 2005 -6:00 GMT

We walked through Grant park and past the Buckingham Fountain


Buckingham Fountain 

Then along the lake shore up to the Navy Pier.


Marina at Lake Michigan 


Navy Pier 

We got some lunch on the pier and walked to the end. We found a Stained Glass Museum which was free, but did not spend long there. We caught a free trolley bus back along the pier and got off at Michigan Avenue, where we wandered along the Magnificent mile and shopped.


Chicago 


Michigan Avenue 

Then we walked back to the hotel and rested for an hour. At 5pm we caught the redline subway to Berwyn. Where we walked for about 15 minutes to Clark Street and went to a pub called The Hop Leaf, here they have over 200 different types of beer. We meet out friends JR and Lisa (Friends from the Wildhearts mailing list) in the pub and had a meal with them.


Jill and I with Lisa and JR 

Then they took us out in their car and showed us there Condominium and area they lived. Then they proceeded on taking us on a full sight seeing tour of Chicago. We passed Wrigley Field (Home of Chicago Cubs) and Soldier Field (Home of Chicago Bears) They showed us all the good Restaurants and the not so good ones (The world’s biggest Grossing McDonalds).
We then visited the United Center which has a large statue of Michael Jordan and his hand and footprints outside it.


Reece with Michael Jordan Statue 

We saw Oprah Winfrey’s studio and we passed all the main museum’s and had some spectacular views of the city. They dropped us off at out hotel around 10:30pm where we had a drink in the bar before going to sleep