Valentine’s Day 2025

As it was Valentine’s Day we decided we would have a slower day. First we both loved the sleep in, this room is so easy to have a sleep in as it’s so dark.

We lazed around until about 9.30 before getting ready and we were out the door around 10.00am.

We really didn’t have a plan, we wanted to check out some souvenir shops for some gifts for Tommy. We found a couple and thought we would come back to them after we had some lunch for Valentine’s Day.

Well we just kept walking The Loop and before we knew it we were near Lake Michigan in the Chicago Harbour section. As we were so close, we thought we would keep walking and go to The Shedd Aquarium.

As it was a work day we thought it would be quiet at the aquarium, how wrong we were, it was super busy with line ups everywhere.

We first had lunch and then went to learn about and watch the Beluga Whale show. So glad we did, they are amazing mammals. So cheeky and vocal hence why they are known as Sea Canaries.

After watching the Belugas, we tried to get in to see other exhibits but there were so many people it was too hard to see anything and both of us don’t do crowds very well. A funny thing I did notice today was when Australians look at exhibits we go left to right. Everyone today was going right to left which I found very hard to get used to. It goes against how you read.

We went down and watched the belugas underwater and they were being so cheeky playing peekaboo with the crowds.

It was time to leave and take in the beautiful crisp weather outside which was a welcome change to the heat in the aquarium.

It was good to see we weren’t the only crazy ones walking in -14 feels like temps along the shoreline taking in the beauty of Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago.

We walked the shoreline until just before Navy Pier where we took the Riverwalk to near our hotel. Before getting back to our room we stopped off at the souvenir shop and bought some little things for Tommy. Yes I’m a sucker for anything that says Tommy.

We walked 11kms today.Read more