It’s now Sunday evening, but the blog is up to Saturday. However, I can’t continue without noting where I am sitting currently – or rather I think I’ll show you.
I’m sitting in the Sip & View Bar part of Chicago 360 at the top of the John Hancock building – and the view is impressive! But more on that when I catch up.
When I got up Saturday morning, after trying to get more sleep in bed – the time difference still isn’t nailed down. I decided I needed to work out what I wanted to do for the few days I had in Chicago. So I used Uber Eat’s (yet again) or order my Starbucks and settled down with my passable latte and bagel with cream cheese to plan, book and spend some money.
I had originally planned to go to a baseball game at Wrigley Field and that still sounded like a good idea so I booked that for Sunday. I spend almost double on the parking that I did on the game but it’s an experience, right?
Something else I was pretty sure I wanted to do was the Museum of Science and Industry, so I booked that too. With that sorted I headed off to the museum. I must say, I don’t love driving in Chicago, particularly in the rain. Maybe it just that it’s the most urban driving I’ve done but there’s a bit too much traffic. There’s also a lot of routes and specific lanes to get into – I’ve missed them more than once.
The museum was great, especially the fact that they had a special 007 exhibit on at the moment. If you know me at all, you’ll know that I really enjoy a bit of ‘Bond, James Bond’. What I didn’t realise about the museum but is that for a few of the exhibits you had to reserve a ticket. I should have done that when I arrived, but not realising I was faced with a long wait (or no times left) so I missed out on seeing some of the exhibits which was disappointing. However, the trains, the plane and 007 were all highlights.
After that it was Target – it’s a shopping trip, you really don’t care. All I want to note is that they were sold out of Umbrella’s. I knew I would forgot to pack something this trip and that’s definitely one thing I forgot.
Then it was home and food. The plan was to have a short nap and maybe do something that evening. It didn’t happen there was just more sleep really.
After leaving the museum I heard from Keith (IYKYK) and he gave me a few tips of things worth doing. Navy Pier, which was already on my list and the John Hancock building (where I am now).
Well that’s Saturday. I’ve probably got time to make a start on Sunday before I finish my red wine and have to relinquish this excellent view!