Mon, June 8th, 2009
We left Ann Arbor around 10.45 am. Drive to Chicago was uneventful. But closer to Chicago, there was a lot of traffic and the last 20 miles or so took very long. Reminded me of our very similar experience in Toronto. We checked into the Embassy suites in downtown around 3 pm. We gained an hour, so felt less rushed. Kids were thrilled to be on the 15th floor and we had views of Lake Michigan and downtown from our Window. As usual, the story was “so much to do and so little time”. We walked through a portion of the magnificent mile and reached Millennium Park. We were pretty smitten by the Cloud gate. Walked around it and under it and took a lot of pictures. There was a concert going on in the Boeing gallery. Then we went to the Crown fountain area and kids had a good time in the sprinklers. It was a humid day, but we didn’t have a change of clothes for them since we didn’t expect them to get wet.
We walked around the Riverwalk area too. AK wanted to go on the boat rides but the next trip was scheduled for an hour later, so we skipped. In retrospect, I feel we should have tried and fit it in. We were tired and back in the hotel by 8.30 pm, hoping to catch up on sleep. From our window, we could see that downtown looked even more beautiful now, after all the buildings had been lit. Overall, we liked the city. PK said he would have loved to live there. It was as awesome as New York City, only much cleaner.
Miles driven today: 248
States : MI, IN, IL
