A City of Skyscrapers, Sightseeing and Shopping

Chicago - what a place! We’ve had an amazing first full day of the trip. We got up around 5am! think the time difference was playing havoc. But it did mean that we were up and at ‘em in town really early. Headed downtown to Millennium and Grant Parks for a morning of sunshine and greenery. Follwed by a trip to Navy Pier and an amazing boat ride through the city focussing on the amazing architecture Chicago has. An amazing mix of Modernism, Post Modernism, Art Deco and [Mock] Ornate scultures rise from the banks of the Chicago river. It really should be seen to be believed. Then on to the shopping...... we smashed it. You name it we went there....... d.

We started the day with breakfast...I had a muffin with scrambled egg and Daniel had a huge breakfast buritto...lovely start to the day! The sun was shining and we went to see the largest water fountain called ‘Buckingham Fountain’ which was amazing - the fountain was meant squirt on the hour but by 10.10am it still hadn’t we decided to get moving to Millennium Park. As Daniel has written the boat ride was amazing and we have included one of the pictures from the sites....it was breathtaking.....but for me the most memorable will be when Daniel saw ‘Buckingham Fountain’ squirt from a far and the time was 2.15pm - if only we had stayed an extra 5 mins...typical!.....I can’t even begin to describe the shops except I am coming to chicago every year!!!!............Feeling tired, spending 11hrs exploring......both in bed, resting our feet and watching TV........Kx