The game was, as usual, a great time! We did get drizzled on a little bit, but we were lucky enough to have someone sitting near us that was smart enough to bring a cheap roll of painters plastic and share with a dozen people around him when it got a little steady! But in the end, the Cubs won, and we sang the Cubs song! :)We drove to our hotel downtown and settled in before going out to eat. What better thing to eat in Chicago but authentic Chicago deep dish pizza! We were going to go to the original Pizzeria Uno's, but the wait was an hour-and-a-half!! So after a phone call to Eric for a suggestion, we ended up at Giordano's and the pizza was amazing!! It was well worth the 45 minute wait we had to endure, not to mention the walk there and back from the hotel. After that, we went back to the hotel and crashed!
The next morning, we woke up a little early since our bodies were on eastern time still. Not a bad thing. So we got up and moving and after a good (free) breakfast at the hotel (complete with cooked to order omelets), we headed out for some sight seeing. First we trekked over to Navy Pier. Nothing on the pier was open yet, but we went really for
the sights, anyway. It started getting a little dreary on us there, so we headed back inland. From there, we hit Millennium Park. The sun came out for a bit here, as we checked out Wrigley Square, The 'giant bean', and the 'Faces of Chicago' fountains. After we cooled our feet a bit in the water from the fountains, we continued our trek down to Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. I've seen it up close before, but it's size still amazes me. The blip is has on the Married with Children intro does its size no justice, nor do pictures or even driving by on Lake Shore! Finally, we headed back to the hotel to check out. I'm not sure how much walking was involved during this part of the day, but it was enough to make us really enjoy sitting down for a few minutes before checking out. :)After we officially checked out, we headed to Michigan Avenue to do a little shopping. We weren't planning on any serious shopping, but we still had fun. We both found some things that we 'needed' and picked up a few items to give loved ones. We didn't have time to do the whole strip, unfortunately. it was Friday and I wanted to beat rush hour out of Chicago. So we headed back to the car at 3pm and headed out of downtown at 3:30pm. We beat it. I was happy.
We stopped for grilled cheese at Fair Oaks Farm for dinner. After telling her about Eric and my stop last month, it just sounded good. :) We finally made it home just after 8pm, both of us exhausted! It was a great trip! And just like my last trip (with Eric), I think by making it NOT on the weekend, it was more enjoyable (less people and hassle). We might have to make this our annual trip now instead of just a day trip for a Cubs game! :)
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So not counting the walking we did IN the stores, it was 10.8 miles!!!
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