Day 4/5: Chicago/Off to Minneapolis!

Hey all,

We had a great day in Chicago yesterday! Des and I had a pretty lazy start of the day and eventually, around 12:30PM, headed into the city with our host, Justin. We actually missed our first train into Chicago (pictures below of us trying to catch it, TO NO AVAIL!), but we were able to catch the next one. Upon arrival, we headed to Lou Malnati's to eat some AMAZING deep-dish pizza. After lunch, we walked down the Magnificent Mile and we're able to stop in a few shops along the way. Later, we headed to an Argo Tea Cafe (one of the many around the city) and we had some wonderful teas/coffees (teapuccino and mate latte!). We then headed to the Art Institute of Chicago for FREE, and it was a pretty incredible experience (you'll have to ask Des about the "miniature rooms"). After looking around the institute for a few hours, we met up with an old friend of mine, Keiko (yay for reconnecting!), who went to dinner with us at Bennigan's (I was able to have a pint of a local brew called Goose Island Ale). It turned out to be a wonderful evening of good friends and good food. We headed back to Justin's house later that evening and crashed.

Today we had another lazy morning and headed into the city around the same time to catch our train to Minneapolis! We departed around 2:15 and will be arriving in Minneapolis at 10:30PM. We will be staying with a friend of Desiree's for two nights and will then be off to West Glacier! We miss all of you and hope everyone is doing well! Stay tuned for our next adventures!

peace,

Doug and Des