{"id":338,"date":"2024-06-04T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simon.treadgold.com.au\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2024-06-04T00:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T16:05:04","slug":"chicago-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simon.treadgold.com.au\/blog\/archives\/338","title":{"rendered":"Chicago (part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I must confess, I’ve surprised myself. So far I’ve kept the blog up to only a day or two behind. It’s now Monday morning and I’m sitting in Starbucks (I can imagine your shock that my morning once again involves coffee!) So here’s Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My previous post hinted at these events so this probably won’t be a long one. Sunday morning involved Starbuck too, shocker I know. Coffee and I tried the egg bites I’ve heard a lot about. They were amazing – strongly recommend. While having breakfast I starting making my plans for after the Baseball. I settles on John Hancock tower with a view to doing Navy Pier on Monday morning. I wish I had done better research as it turns out Navy Pier doesn’t open until 11am, meaning I’m probably not going to make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The baseball was good – it was a great atmosphere. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, not really being a baseball follower, but I’m glad I went, it was good fun. However, the pillar immediately to my left explains the cheap seats. I had to spend most of the game leaning forward to be able to see the batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After that it was back to my AirBnB – because I forgot my wallet – Doh! Then down to John Hancock tower – I was worried that I might miss my time with the detour but it was all good. The views were amazing it was really cool to see all of Chicago and at least I got to see Navy Pier from above! They had a think called Tilt! where part of the building tips out. I think the eerie music and how slowly they did it took a bit away from the effect but it was an interesting feeling to tilt outwards from so high up. Then it was the Sip & View bar which was a great experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After I descended and a bit of hunting, I found the Cheesecake factory where I picked up a couple of slices to try – they look yummy, but they’re not cheap! This it was home, pizza via Uber Eats for dinner and time for bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning was mostly getting myself organised and repacking as I had to be out of the AirBnB by 10am. Then Starbucks, before I head down to visit Keith & Sandy tonight and tomorrow I head across to IU for IC. So you’re up to date for now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updates may be less frequent going forward as IC is usually a very busy time so I’m not sure I’ll get a chance to update the blog, but we’ll see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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