Chicago!

Sophie and I got back from Chicago Wednesday night. We had a freakin blast!

We got on the train early Monday morning and arrived in Chicago around 10:30, we checked into our hotel and then started our adventure. The field museum and the Shedd Aquarium was not far from our hotel so we walked over there. The field museum was fun, we spent most of our day there because it was so big! The Aquarium was alright, we didn't pay to get into the extra stuff like the penguins and the dolphins but the fish were cool to see. After that we walked back to the hotel and kind of relaxed for a little bit. We went to Ginos for dinner that night. It was good, however it did have a lot of sauce on it and I am not a huge fan of sauce, but other than that it was really good. We then came back to the hotel and went swimming and then went to bed.

The next day we were going to walk around by the hotel to see what there was around us but then we just kept walking and kept walking until we happened up the Magnificent Mile. I was a little disappointed because it was mainly clothing stores, and I don't fit into any of those clothes. But I did get some earrings, a necklace and some hair clips from some stores. We also went to the Hershey store and got some chocolate! We found this restaurant called The Feast and we ate there for lunch, we started with a bbq chicken pizza appetizer and it was DELICIOUS! I love bbq chicken pizza! After that we went to Water Tower Place Mall and again that was mainly clothing stores, but Sophie got some cute clothes so that is always good. After that we walked back to the hotel relaxed for a little bit then went to Honky Tonk BBQ, we saw it on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and it looked really good. They have this vinegar bbq sauce stuff that is AMAZING! We got a pulled pork sandwich and cut it in half then we also got a brisket sandwich and cut it in half. We both liked the pork better. But now we know we don't really like brisket lol. We finished up there and went back to the hotel, it was a little scary leaving the restaurant because it was getting a little dark and it was not in the best part of town so we had to hurry and call a cab so it didn't get to dark lol.

The last and final day I thought was the best probably. We took a taxi to Navy Pier and shopped around. It was cloudy so it was not terribly hot so it was really nice to be outside. We decided to go get my mom something from the ghirardelli store at Water Tower Place so we left there and got some chocolate for my mom then we walked down to a restaurant called Chipotle, it was SO good! We got a cab back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and then headed to the train station to head home.

We took some pictures, they are in no special order but I said there would be pictures so there are pictures.