Yes we have lived in the Chicagoland area for a year now. Since then we have been to Chicago twice for touristy type things: we went to Navy Pier and we went to the Field Museum. Other than that Michael drives through Chicago sometimes for work but we've never really took the time to be a tourist. So on Saturday that's what we decided to do!!
We started out by taking the train into the city. It took 1 hour and 20 minutes. Not too shabby. Then we walked a mile or so and went shopping. If any of you know me, you know I hate shopping, but we were with Kristin who loves to shop so she wanted to look for some stuff.
We went in to Macy's and they had a beautiful store inside! There were decorated trees everywhere (there had to be at least 100), they had huge ornaments that hung from the ceiling, and they had their windows decorated with ornaments designers made and other fun Christmasy stuff.
We then decided we were hungry and Michael and I went to P.F. Changs to visit my friend from Vegas Briana! She is one of the managers at the downtown P.F. Changs. This was the 1st time we'd ever been to eat there. The food was delicious! The service was great! And the restaurant was pretty cool looking. We had a blast hanging out with Briana. Our friends and I got done eating at different places at the same time! Weird.
So we headed off to Navy Pier to look at their Christmas lights. We walked for a while and then got there. They had a winter wonderland with an amazingly enormous tree! It was pretty cool looking! They also had a plethora of smaller trees that were decorated by different professions. Example: The landscaping company had huge flowers in their tree with different colored hoses acting as garland. It was pretty cool!
Once we were done it was time to head back to the train station. It was only 2.3 miles away! We got there at about 6:15 pm and our train was to leave at 6:40. So we had enough time to stand in the long bathroom lines and then hop on the train. I was pooped when I got home!
We started out by taking the train into the city. It took 1 hour and 20 minutes. Not too shabby. Then we walked a mile or so and went shopping. If any of you know me, you know I hate shopping, but we were with Kristin who loves to shop so she wanted to look for some stuff.
We went in to Macy's and they had a beautiful store inside! There were decorated trees everywhere (there had to be at least 100), they had huge ornaments that hung from the ceiling, and they had their windows decorated with ornaments designers made and other fun Christmasy stuff.
We then decided we were hungry and Michael and I went to P.F. Changs to visit my friend from Vegas Briana! She is one of the managers at the downtown P.F. Changs. This was the 1st time we'd ever been to eat there. The food was delicious! The service was great! And the restaurant was pretty cool looking. We had a blast hanging out with Briana. Our friends and I got done eating at different places at the same time! Weird.
So we headed off to Navy Pier to look at their Christmas lights. We walked for a while and then got there. They had a winter wonderland with an amazingly enormous tree! It was pretty cool looking! They also had a plethora of smaller trees that were decorated by different professions. Example: The landscaping company had huge flowers in their tree with different colored hoses acting as garland. It was pretty cool!
Once we were done it was time to head back to the train station. It was only 2.3 miles away! We got there at about 6:15 pm and our train was to leave at 6:40. So we had enough time to stand in the long bathroom lines and then hop on the train. I was pooped when I got home!
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