• Ellin Schafer
  • Ellin Schafer

Chicago: Summer Break

Last minute, Gracie asked me if I wanted to be her plus one on a Chicago trip. Of course I said yes and I finished packing up my classroom and headed to the airport. Read more
  • Trip start
    June 14, 2024

    The Windy City

    June 15, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    A sleepless overnight flight ment a long tired day. We landed in Chicago around 5am and couldn’t check in to the hotel until 2pm. So we made our way to a coffee shop where we posted up from 7am-10:30am. Then we wandered to a used bookstore where we killed another hour and a half, then we hit up Trader Joe’s for some snacks and groceries for our stay. With one hour left till check in we hung out at the local McDonald. Then it was nap time for both of us.Read more

  • Lake Michigan

    June 17, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    In the morning we got coffee and then took the train up to the Lincoln Park Zoo. Then we wandered down the waterfront of Lake Michigan.

  • Headed Home

    June 19, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Gracie and I had different flights back to PDX. She rode the train with me for a few stops, then we were off on our separate ways, me to the airport and her to a coffee shop to kill some time.

    Trip end
    June 19, 2024