Chicago – Day 1

We arrived late in Chicago in the afternoon around 4:00 p.m. then headed to the car rental to pick up our car.   It then took almost two hours to get from the airport to downtown Chicago.  Traffic was brutal and pretty heavy but we tried to make the best of it.

After getting settled at our hotel, we decided to make the best of it and head out to dinner.  What else but to try the world famous Chicago deep dish pizza?   We walked over from our hotel to Giordano’s and ordered a medium deep dish pepporoni.   The kids were shocked at how deep this thing called deep dish pizza was tonight!

The kids didn’t dare to eat this monster but Lisa took a sample and liked it.    The kids opted for the usual spaghetti while marge and I dove deep into the deep dish.

Overall dinner was given the two thumbs up!

After dinner, we went out for a walk over to Millennium Park to discover the wonders hidden in Chicago….

This spectacular mirrored jelly bean (below) eerily reflects the Chicago skyline… the photo above shows the kids chilling in front of the Michigan Avenue section of Millennium Park.

After our stroll through the park, we headed over to take a stroll through downtown Chicago and stopped at the theatre to take a quick snapshot.

Our last stop for the evening as we headed back to the hotel for some rest…We’ll see what tomorrow brings!