So, on the penultimate stop of my trip, I went from New York to Chicago, from one great WordPress buddy’s home to another’s and had a week in the cold, oh man, was it cold… I don’t know how my friends survive it year after year, it was a great novelty for me…but… nice to visit, not wholly keen on it as a long term prospect… I’ll take Melbourne’s 4 seasons in a day… any day. Did spend a couple of days walking around, when the weather allowed and caught the highlights. Really loved Cloud Gate with its snow cover (that’s the jelly bean in common parlance).
Cloud Gate at Millenium Park, Chicago,
Cloud Gate at Millenium Park, Chicago,
Cloud Gate at Millenium Park, Chicago,
Cloud Gate at Millenium Park, Chicago,
Cloud Gate at Millenium Park, Chicago,
Union Station, Chicago
Union Station Chicago
Union Station Chicago
Union Station Chicago
Union Station, Chicago
James R. Thompson Center
“Monument with Standing Beast,” a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet
“Monument with Standing Beast,” a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet
Chicago’s Picasso at Daley Center Plaza
I can’t even
Walking in the cold… that’s ice, ice, baby on the Chicago River
View from John Hancock Center
View from John Hancock Center
View from John Hancock Center
View from John Hancock Center
View from John Hancock Center
Walking in the cold… that’s ice, ice, baby on the Chicago River
Brutalist Architecture in Marina City – aka the Corn Cob buildings
Chicago Theatre
Chicago Theatre
Chicago Water Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Chicago Water Tower
John Hancock Tower
View from John Hancock
Looking over Navy Pier
Couple of crazy kids
View from Jess’ apartment… chilly
Retro Maccas
Retro Maccas
Hard Rock Cafe
Yes bitter cold and windy. Only other place I experienced like that was Amsterdam in December.
I don’t remember the UK being like that when I lived there, probably because the cold was more damp… it was at least dry in Chicago!