Chicago from high

The theme of this trip for me seems to be "seeing cities from high buildings" and so we had to continue this with a trip to the Hancock building. We entered at the ground floor and soon we were whisked up to the 94th floor.

Unfortunately, when planning this trip, I hadn't realized how crowded Chicago would get on St. Patrick's day. The big parade was yesterday (Saturday) but that didn't stop hordes of people from converging on all the tourist spots on the actual holiday.

I visited this 360 deg observation deck a couple of years ago, but that was in the middle of the day on a weekday, so it was relatively deserted. It was still kind of interesting to see, and I'm guessing it was no more crowded that any other tourist spot we could have picked, but it was a bit of a let down.

After we saw the sights and did the Tilt experience, where they stand you in a glass box that tilts over the city at about a 30 deg angle, we headed off for a delicious dinner at The Purple Pig.

We were all exhausted since we had been up at 5:30 am Chicago time and had had a busy day so we headed back to the hotel to just crash.Read more