Chicago has a wonderful feel to it. Known as the windy city and with the demographics of Hyde Park where we stayed matching Mbabane, I felt right at home.
A bit travel weary, we walked around our hotel’s neighbourhood, on Lake Shore drive, bordered by green space and Lake Michigan and stopped at Pork Chop for a delicious mixed platter of slow cooked brisket, ribs, pulled pork, coleslaw and sweet potato fries. Real food! I am mentioning this to juxtapose it to the breakfast we woke up to. In a small section of the lobby, you can find paper cups, plates, plastic cutlery, plastic eggs, plastic milk etc. I think you get the picture!
We started the day with a Chicago trolley company hop on hop off bus tour. It was very interesting and our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable about Chicago’s architecture.
My favorite building was designed by a woman. The sides look like they have giant footprints walking in the sand.
Millenium park was also impressive. It was built to cover railway lines and is now a lovely green space in the center of town. Then we crossed the street to meet our nemesis : a Chicago classic – the deep dish pizza from Giordanos. So much cheese, we could only eat half between the 2 of us!
A trip to the Adler planetarium and their very relaxing dome show about the ninth planet gave us the opportunity to recover for the Blue Man show, which was great fun. Lots of chuckles, not to mention the constant suspense of what might land on you.
What I learnt:Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper. A lot of it was built on marshy reclaimed land, so instead of floating platforms to build foundations, innovative architectects designed buildings which hung from a reinforced steel inner core and metal framework.
Also, Chicago is a melting pot of cultures, with white and black almost equal in percentages and large populations of Hispanics and Asian and while we encountered a wonderful cosmopolitan atmosphere wherever we went, the neighbourhoods are largely racially segregated.
PS clever idea:The Shower above our bath had a curved shower rail which gives so much more space. No need to be slapped by a wet curtain
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Love it already. Well done Kim. It’s quite an art. My best blog writer so far is Peter dixon. On the barge in UK. Will try send you his code. Or look up simply dixon2@wordpress.com
Tip for Dave. Sew him into his clothes. Tie his cellphone onto him along with his specs. !!!!!
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