This past weekend, Bryan, Amelia and I went on a vacation with his parents, his brother and his wife, and met up with his other brother that's going to school in Chicago.
Here's a run-down of what went on...
Thursday:
- Took off from Iowa at 9 in the morning.
- Stopped at Ghetto-Stop. World famous for being.. well.. ghetto.
- Got to Chicago at 2.
- Were honked at by many taxis because people were clogging up the drop-off at the hotel.
- Sat around waiting for the other two of our three rooms for two hours.
- Stayed on the top floor (15).
- The Picasso Floor.
- Left to go get some grub at Bennigan's.
- Went to the Museum of Art (across the street).
- Saw some really cool things (ie., Monet, Degas, Seurat, Polluck, and so forth)
- Got some DQ.
- Early to bed for a busy Friday.
- Saw some naked people in their bathrooms across the street in their H!lton room where they thought they were invisible because they were located 20 yards from us and behind a slightly fogged piece of glass.
- Got to the bus stop at 9:05.
- Missed the first bus at 9:10 because we didn't know we had to jump into the street to flag them down.
- Got on the next bus at 9:20.
- Spent the day at Museum of Science and Industry.
- Saw some pretty nifty things.
- Had cafeteria food (not so nifty.. or cheap).
- Made it to the second floor this time.
- Went to D'Gorno's for dinner.
- It was gooood.
- Amelia fell asleep on our way home and slept from 7pm-8am the next morning (with feedings intermixed in there).
- I fell asleep at 9pm.
- That was gooood too.
- Got up and saw another naked person (equaling 4 very white bottoms).
- Headed out to the Field Museum (this time we walked).
- Saw some more pretty nifty things.
- Pirate exhibit was pretty awesome.
- Ate some good food while we were there.
- (The brownies were divine.)
- We all tired out pretty quickly so
- we headed on back to our hotel to freshen up and then
- we took a bus to the mall.
- Not your ordinary mall. More of a building but it was cool.
- Watched Michael Jackson music videos play on the big screens while we waited for the men to finish shopping around the Lego Store.
- Walked to a Thai restaurant.
- It looked pretty shady from the outside and we thought we were going to die.
- Completely the opposite on the inside and really good food.
- Walked to ColdStone.
- Mmm-mmm.
- Got back on the bus to head home. I rode it while standing.. THAT was an experience. Chicago bus drivers sure like their brake pedals.
- Went swimming on the roof of the fourth floor for about 15 minutes because it was too cold.
- Watched fireworks while we swam.
- Crashed into bed.
- Said bye to Bruce :(
- Headed home.
- Stopped at DQ for hamburgers but
- they only had hotdogs and BBQ pork :(
- Got one last ice cream of the trip
- it was disgusting.
- Got back to Iowa and hung out with his parents and my sister for the evening.
It would be fun to go there together - just the two of us! I love that city! Then we could spend all day at the craft store if we wanted to. Haha- I don't think I would want to spend the WHOLE day, but a portion of it. :) I could take you to all my favorite places. What a fun scrapbook that would be. :)
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