This morning was a great start to a new type of adevnture. Instead of rushing across the golden plains, or hiking, or being outdoors for that mattter, we woke up in a motel 6 in chicago, and we were to spend the day exploring the city. Our goals for the day was to see the tourist sites, and restaurants while we had a day in the city.
First on our list was breakfast, which was very close to the famous giordanos pizza place. This location was right next to millennium park, and the bean, which of course happens to be the primary area for residents of the city to accumulate. Our breakfast was wonderful, as this place was known for its pancakes, we split a stack, and an omelette, and after multiple cups of coffee we started our walking tour throughout the city.
This was Ashley first time in the city, but I had been here for a bit before this. Nonetheless we were able to see many places and sites I had not seen. The first however, I had, and that was the famous Bean monument in millennium park. This statue of sorts is mirrored bean like object that attracts people from all over to take pictures underneath it, and is arguably the most iconic landmark in the city.
We decided to tour the park, and the amphitheater located within the area, and enjoy the flowers and foliage in the area. This place we determined was too large to see all in one day so we explored the best parts, including a statue waterfall (explain). We decided to get a slice of pizza for lunch at the world famous giordanos and this actually ended up being little pricey. Either way we were able to get enough fuel to continue through the day.
We headed north towards the famous river area, and this turned into a wonderful stroll along the famed miracle mile. This is the area of town that would be comparable to sass fifth ave in NYC with all top end shops and stores along the road while we walk. Our goal for this was to get to the willis tower and go to the top. we did after exploring a couple bars, and churches along the way. It was $25to go to the top, and we decided it was worth it to just say we did it during this trip. From this point it was almost 3 in the afternoon and we decided to slow it down a little bit.
We swung into a local pub, which ironically was filming a movie right outside, which was incredible to watch, as we had never seen a hollywood set in person. We were unsure of the moviehowever. Now we were trying to determine dinner, and I told her we needed a great steakhouse in chicago, and we decided to do gene and Georgettis, which is the best steakhouse in chicago historically. We enjoyed one of the best dinners the whole trip, and were satisfied with our efforts for the day. A night cap beer led us back to the hotel where we stayed the previous night. This determined to be one of the best places of the trip and I was happy with the day as we headed out for the night. Many more bars to talk about on this too!
EXPENSES
33 brearkfast
11 beer
14 beer
3 water
56 chicago water
18 beer
25.30 beer
22 beer
100 dinner at gene and georgettis
13 beer
25.40 beer
25 beer
Total – 345.70