The first thing that I remember from our third day in
Chicago is the low temperature! It was
not too low, but the main problem was the wind.
We started our day with a short walk from our hotel to the Palmer
Hotel at Chicago Downtown. The bus tour left that hotel around 10:30 am. The bus
driver was an old man with a southern accent, who sometimes was difficult to
understand for me but who was extremely kind. The tour started with showing us
a big sculpture at Congress Plaza called The Bowman and the Spearman. After
that, we went to the north side of the city, crossing the Magnificent Mile, made
a short stop at Chicago’s Zoo and also passed near Wrigley Field (home of Chicago Cubs), one of
the most famous baseball fields in the USA.
After the north side we went to the south using the Lake Shore
Drive to reach a south neighborhood when the Obama family has their house in
Chicago ( as an explanation, if you don’t know, the current US President lived
in Chicago before the move to the White House in Washington DC). We passed near
the Museum of Science and Industry, and we stopped at Adler Planetarium &
Astronomy Museum to take some pictures.
The final stop of the tour was at John Hancock Tower in
order to visit the Observatory. The view was beautiful because we could see all the city of Chicago and Michigan Lake,
and I can tell you that is an amazing view! We left the tower, and we walked a
little more of the Magnificent Mile because it was Black Friday, and it was
time for shopping !!!!!
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