Chic a go go.

The first post from abroad. Exciting!

We'll so far so amazing. (Apart from the stressful queues in immigration whilst on a short stop over in Philly... I nearly posted a rant called 'I'm a tourist not a terrorist' but mike thought it wouldn't be wise... As always he is the voice of reason.)

So having been in Chicago for three days we are fairly sure we have done most of what we want to do here and can just hang out and relax for a bit in the glorious sun. So we are currently sat in the amazing millennium park, shoes off and being very social on our phones, thanks to PARK WIFI. Amazing. There is wifi everywhere here. It's pretty epic.





It's the 4th of July and all Americans are celebrating independence from us Brits so the place is full of American flags on clothing etc, there's even a guy in the park draped in a flag asking people how they feel about America and filming it, probably for an artsy student type project. It's fairly entertaining. Later we will be having a free BBQ courtesy of our hostel and then straining our necks and watching some fireworks for our last night in Chicago. :(

I have to say, Chicago has it all. There is so much to see and do here and the pizza is undeniably WOW. (With two literally under our belts I can say it's easily the best pizza of my life, and I'm not even keen usually)





So we arrived on Tuesday night about 9pm here (3am at home) I was exhausted and convinced mike to get a taxi from the airport. Staying north of the city means it wasn't too expensive a journey and I stand by the decision. It caused no arguments, which with a tired and grumpy all travelled out Jess was a pure victory!

Our accommodation is very basic! But it's very clean and the bathrooms are pretty nice for a hostel. We even get a free breakfast which consists of a bagel and some cereal but I'm not complaining, I love bagels!!

The second of July was spent visiting the willis tower ( previously known as the Sears tower- it's something to do with the British company leasing a large amount of space and the contract they singed saying they could change it. It's nice to see that Brits are still conquering parts of the new world and claiming them as their own ;) ). We then popped over to the aquarium which made me feel awful after seeing a sad sea lion... It was blind though and had been rescued which made me feel a bit better. But on the whole it was a good place, got to touch a sting ray.... I freaked out a bit, it feels like wet slug. Gross.











We then went for pizza that was huge in gino's east just of the magnificent mile (Oxford circus of Chicago). It was epic- you can write on the wall, it's also where we found out Murray had lost... Wah. I stupidly ordered a side that came with its own side of fries.
Only in America.





We treated ourselves to an early night then due to full bellies and jet lag!!





The third was a more civilised day, we went on an expensive boat architecture tour. I took a million photos then we went wandering in the millennium park ( we saw the famous bean!) and then the art centre in Chicago. We went into the Magritte exhibit which was surreal...ism. It was pretty awesome seeing a few VERY famous bits and bobs! We then went back to the park and listened to the warm up for that evening free concert.





We then meandered down the mile again to the John Hancock centre and grabbed a coffee at the top and took in the view for a good hour or so ( it was mostly so I could rest my feet).

Today was the field museum which is natural history. It was ok... I think it's aimed at families. But we did get to meet sue... A very big t-Rex. Cool. Then we ambled down the shore line to the park. (I love this park!)

So this city is awesome. It's been a great start so far. Epically enjoying it but my feet are in shreds.

Anyway let's get our 4th of July on. There's a huge bottle of Disaronno with my name on calling...

Xxx Jess

Ps. We will be following hurricane Arthur down the coast apparently :/ bye bye sunshine. Glad we brought macs!!!