Well, Sat morning we headed off to Chicago…
First stop was a look around the Museum of industry and Science, what a cool place.. dedicated to Transport and other funky stuff, full of old planes and trains and other really neat things all housed in a beautiful old classic museum setting, I have a few Photos 😉
I checked into my Backpackers later that day thyen we went off in search of a good place for tea.. found a great mexican Resturaunt near my Hostel and close to Millenium Park (where the big globby Sculpture “cloud gate” was that i took heaps of photos of last time)
I made it back to my Hostel (Tried to sleep but it was hard with people coming and going all night in a 10 person Shared Dorm, I got about 3hrs sleep?)
Sunday Morning I got up early and walked across Downtown Chicago to Meet the rest of the team at their plush Hotel 😉 (I was being Dutch and staying at a Backpackers…)
That day there was a big game on between the Chicago Bears and some other team so town was nuts, we decided to go to to Museum of Contemporary Art which was Wicked.. heaps of really amazing Works by Andy Warhole and heaps more… Then we headed for our fav little part of Chicago “Wicker Park” a bit like wellingtons Cuba Mall, heaps of cool shops and cafe’s and resturaunts.. we shoped a little and then found a nice quiet italian place for Dinner…. yummy Italian mmmmmmmmmmm.
Monday morning was much the same as Sunday…. (except with less sleep 🙁 people snoring all night!!) I got up even earlier and went for a morning stroll around Millenium Park and down town Chicago, went into Borders for a bit of Breakfast then headed over to The others Hotel so we could all walk over to the Field Museum together. (back across town past my hostel… ) I think I walked about 8-10km that morning… The Field Museum was really cool.. we had Comp Tickets waiting for us for the Pompey Exhibit .. lots of Molds of Dead people caught in the Volcanic Eruption at around 25AD (those of you that watch Discovery channel will know all about it). very spooky show. the rest of the museum had the most Amazing Diaramas of every species of Mammel, Reptile and bird you could think of and also avery type of Flora you could imagine. (it is Chicago’s Natural History Museum after all) a few Dinosaurs as well.
after that we went back up to Wicker Park (more shopping and then headed back to Indiana.
So… Back in Indianapolis…. Loaded another 3 containers today, also went out to a music shop and picked up my new baby… litterally…. a Baby Taylor…. its a weee baby Guitar .. and about $600 cheaper than in N.Z 🙂 yay!!!! it will travel with me everywhere !!
after I finish writing this Im off to a posh Resturaunt in Downtown Indianapolis…. then home for some much needed sleep….
all this and My holiday doesn’t even start for another 2 days 😉 woooooot!!!! thats when the real fun starts !
I will keep yall posted 🙂
Oh Yea, Its snowing like a muther F^%*R outside so Im all cosy in my Ski gear… to walk to Dinner 😉 got a belt buckle in Chicago a canadian flag with “Frickin Cold” written on it 😉
Chris