My Trip to Chicago

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Sandy, Aunt Kathy and I decided to go downtown for the day. Sandy and Aunt Kathy are in from Maryland. We rode the Metra from Palatine to downtown Chicago. That was a first for me, but I loved it. Sandy and I wanted to sit on the top level of the train car. We than took the free trolley to the Adler Planetarium. Again another first. The Planetarium was awesome I didn't realize that there was so much inside the planetarium. From the Planetarium we walked to Buckingham Fountain. Another first, I have driven passed it, and I saw it from the hotel window during our stay for Katie's Bachelorette party, but never up close. That was really cool. During our walk we saw people setting up the taste. I guess this will be as close to the taste as I will never get. My fear of crowds will never allow me to get that close again. While we waited for the Trolley to take us back to the metra we saw the Budweiser Clydesdale pull in. They had some really cool looking trucks. Sorry that's the car girl coming out. Over all it was a really nice trip.

Here are some views of the city.