Chicago

Chicago! What a fun place to visit! You truly see all kinds of people there. And hear all kinds of languages too! Our train ride there was uneventful, and I knitted on my bright colored socks without getting motion sickness! We arrived at Union Station and caught a cab to our hotel, the Fairfield on Ontario street, just 2 blocks from Michigan and the Magnificent Mile. We had a nice room on the 13th floor, with a great view. We could even see Lake Michigan in the distance! Sunday was warm and alittle cloudy. Great walking weather, and boy did we walk! We had lunch at a Mall food court, where 3 boys tried to sell us stolen jewelry. Security was there in no time at all, and hauled them off. I could not believe the disrespectful language the boys used to the officers! Then we shopped, mostly window shopping and walked and laughed and people watched and laughed until we cried! We took a break and had cheese cake at The Cheesecake Factory. It was wonderful!! I had a dark chocolate-raspberry cheese cake. Out of this world!! More walking, and then back to the hotel to rest up. We had Chicago style pizza at Gino's East. Absolutely wonderful pizza. One piece was all I could eat, it was at least 3 inches thick!! Back to the hotel for the night. Yesterday we dodged rain drops and showers and ran from store to store getting wet and sillier. We looked like 4 drowned puppies, but then, so did everyone else! None of us bought much, but the laughs we had were great! On the train towards home about 6:30pm. The ride was good until we had to slow down for 40 minutes because the engineer could not get the signal it was ok for us to be on the tracks?!! It was alittle tense, but we made it to Holland about 10:00pm. Great trip!! Not much sleep, so it will be early to bed tonight! I did finish one sock and started the next! They are colorful! My sister told me they might glow in the dark! Now it is back to reality for the rest of the week. I worked 5 hours this morning, and it is pay back for having a day off! The next 2 days will be hectic! We will have to see Brendan tonight, as it is his 4th b-day today!
And, what happened to our warm weather!!! Fall is here for sure! Great knitting weather!