We only had 2 days in Chicago as a stop off to the east coast but did a boat trip and walking tour it was fantastic it is now my favourite USA city
Beautiful buildings light up the sky
The river is lovely although one year a day it goes bright green on St Patrick’s Day
He’s a controversial figure but his name is on the building
Scientists churches are everywhere
On the boat tour we learnt so much
Everything lights up
Interesting how they build on such small pieces of land and to compensate for the wind
Deep dish pizza it was so nice and filling whose counting the cholesterol?
The architecture is stunning
Did a walking tour and stopped at this ornate hotel 🏨 of course we go and have a beer
The river walk was great
Windy City it is
Colm has this thing for taking photos of police
This is the restaurant we stopped at for the deep dish pizza we highly recommend it
Such a nice skyline
Fire brigade boat
How many traffic lights do you need?
The reflection is marvellous
Famous landmark
I get compliments on my colourful clothes all the time here
Last time we were in the US we drove down Route 66
Lot of history here with al Capone
Gardens are fantastic
Reminded us of Gaudi
They were closed the night we were there
Leaving Chicago view from the plane
I love the sign under Watch your step - no guns!
We’ve well I am getting the hang of tipping, It goes against Colm’s grain so I now pay for most things. The bartender here said to try these beers as it was ‘happy hour’ so they were half price so he deserved a tip thanks Mate
At the airport 😜
The inside of the hotel
Big hibiscus flowers
Went in to look at this ‘sugar’ shop
Nice skyline at night too
Show me the money, you have to look at the American bills as they are all the one colour
Top of this building has 24 carat gold on it
Street art everywhere
Navy pier
View from the plane
On the train to the airport
Park near where we were staying with a running track on the outside
Selfie on the bottom at
Colm was impressed with the pizza too
The gold sparkles in the Sun
Sidewalk gardens are everywhere and spectacular
The Amazon shop downtown Chicago
More from the sugar shop
We saw these people kayaking and not one was smiling
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