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Chicago...Day 2

By Melissa Markham on July 4, 2008 9:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

First a couple of moments I forgot to mention yesterday. We ordered Deep Dish Chicago pizza for supper! They sure make it different here...and one piece is a meal! I would never say that back home. A corn meal deep dish crust. Then comes a layer of cheese, then veggies or whatever toppings, then the sauce. It was about an inch thick and it was awesome!!!! Also, as it was our first night here at the Sofitel, we were surprised with trays of milk, cookies, chocolate covered strawberries and bottles of water from Norway. Very neat!

Last night Katrina, Jack and I watched the fireworks from our bedroom windows. It was cool, even though we couldn't see them completely for buildings. Tonight we are walking to Navy Pier to see the big firework show.

Today we got up a bit earlier than planned. I told Jack that we would try and leave by 9. Well, at 7, I was still in bed, thinking about getting up when a knock came at our door. Jack couldn't believe we were still in bed. He thought it was 9! He had just woke up, looked at the clock on his computer (which said 8 a.m. because it is on East Coast time). Instead of subtracting an hour, he added an hour and viola...it was 9!!!! He got up and dressed quickly, let me tell you.

We spent about an hour waking up, then headed to McDonald's for breakfast.

After breakfast, I grabbed us a cab (it was easy peasy) and we headed to Shedd's Aquarium!

What an amazing place! I took 208 photos, but in the end, only 38 of them made the cut for you, faithful reader. It is really hard to take pictures of critters underwater and behind glass. But some turned out okay and a couple turned out really well. You can check out my Shedd Aquarium Set at Flickr.

We were at the Aquarium from 9-2 or so. Our Go Chicago Card was awesome. We arrived a few moments before nine and the line for the aquarium already had about 100 people in it...and no I am not kidding! But we got to go to the doors marked 'will call'...a special interest for those with the Go Chicago Card. We were in touring in no time...

After the Aquarium, we met Daniel at the Sears Tower and proceeded up to the Sky Deck. Again, our Go Chicago Card moved us ahead in lines. And the view was awesome. The last few pictures of my Flickr set are from the Sky Tower. Check out the tons of people at A Taste of Chicago....amazing! Then we came back to the hotel. Daniel and I ordered Chinese and I walked a couple of blocks to McDonald's for the kids' dinner.

We came back to the room and laid out our plans for tonight and tomorrow. The kids and I are going to see the fireworks tonight. Daniel just isn't that interested in seeing them, plus he was to be well rested for our adventures tomorrow. Having flat feet keeps him from joining us with a lot of things.

Before I head off, I am going to share a couple of my favorite photos from today here:

This little guy was just so clear and colorful!