View along river promenade

Today we walked the streets of Chicago

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October 2nd 2016
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. ... read more

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