Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America - page 10

Geo: 41.8861, -87.6364Today was a beautiful sunny day, so we enjoyed a boat ride on the Chicago River. The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 251 km. There are 38 moveable bridges spanning it. We enjoyed viewing all all the exceptional architecture along the river. After our boat ride we wandered through the streets of Chicago making our way back to Millennium Park. It was nice to enjoy the park and the Bean on a nice sunny day.In the evening we enjoyed another Chicago deep dish pizza from Giordano's.... read more

Geo: 41.8861, -87.6364No rain this morning so we headed out for breakfast. We enjoyed a walk along the lake and up the Chicago river. We had to pass through some underground tunnels to get to where we were headed. We saw many homeless people sleeping in the underground. We had a very nice breakfast at a place called The Corner Bakery. Then headed off to do a bit of shopping along Wabash Street. From there we headed to Trader Joe's to pick up some dinner for tonight. We then walked back to our condo. After a short rest we we went down to Navy Pier to enjoy a Chicago style hotdog. Not bad! From there we walked along the lakeshore before finally walking home and putting our feet up!Our Indian Food from Trader Joe's was very ... read more

Geo: 41.8861, -87.6364Had a good sleep and now ready to explore a bit of Chicago. First we headed out into the rainy day to find some breakfast. Once fed we were off to the shopping area called "The Magnificent Mile". Jim is in search of an iPhone 7 and there is an Apple Store along this street. After waiting for 45 minutes in a line for purchases of iPhone 7's, he had his new toy. We then made our way to a grocery store for a few things before heading home. We lazed around the condo part of the afternoon as it rained. By mid afternoon it had stopped raining so we wandered down to Navy Pier to check out the attractions there. There is a Ferris wheel there that is 200 feet tall. We will ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Chicago 3ème ville des États Unis, près de 3 millions d'habitants, et 10 pour l'agglomération, se trouve sur la rive sud du la Michigan, et est traversée, par les rivières Chicago et Calumet. C'est une des principales places financières du monde, et la première dans le domaine agricole, deuxième centre industriel des US, se classe 3ème par le nombre d'entreprises implantées dans son agglomération. Elle a une renommée mondiale par l'architecture moderne par ces grattes ciel. La Willis Tower à été le gratte ciel le plus haut du monde jusqu'en 1998, et actuellement la deuxième en Amérique du Nord , derrière le One World Trade center de New-York. Nous avions eu l'occasion de monter au 104 ème étage en 2011 avec Jean Pierre. Chicago compte de nombreux établissements d'enseignements supérieurs, théâtres réputés, orchestre ... read more

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