Chicago...the windy city. We set aside an entire day to discover its wide streets and cold waterways. It all started with a train ride (not pictured here).
We got off the train and went to the Art Institute - an excellent museum and home to American Gothic (by Grant Wood). Here are a group of people being mesmerized by the famous oil painting.
Here I am walking...kinda. I'm not a good walking model. You can see the art museum in the background.
This is a fun fountain. One can walk on it - the water is not very deep. At each end, there is a large screen that shows various things. This screen is also equipped with various water spouts that correspond with the display. Compare the display size to the people standing next to it.
Also in the same general park-ish area is this giant orb.
We took the tourist route, got real close, and were completely mesmerized.
This is what you see if you go underneath the big reflecting thing.
After eating lunch with the orb, we rode one of these blazing fast boats (just look at the blur!). A nice woman from the Chicago Architecture Foundation taught us about the various buildings as we cruised along for about 90 minutes.
I must say that I enjoyed Chicago's buildings more than New York's.
Here is the view from the ship - Jeff shown wearing his Flyer's hat.
Parts of Chicago remind me of Pittsburgh, with all its bridges.
A city-wide mandated river-walk brings back memories of San Antonio.
Here is the famous one! The Sears Tower.
King lear is pictured here...
Marina City...these two identical towers are one of my favorites. Their unique shape and brilliant, but fearful parking set-up make me happy.
Marina City Parking, up close and personal. Get your groceries out before you back into your parking spot!
This show you how packed the famous buildings are. The Trump tower is shown in the lower left. This is the building project made famous in the TV series "The Apprentice."
Navy Pier...yet another famous location.
Jeff at his favorite store.
We closed out the day by going up to the top of the John Hancock building and getting a nice view of the entire city. It was a thrill!
