Central Church of Chicago

We both woke up at 3 cursing jet lag and waited around until it was a reasonable time to get up. We went for breakfast at Wildberrys opposite Millennium Park and were served an obscene amount of food. I genuinely don’t know how they expect anyone to eat that much. We’re both pigs but couldn’t get anywhere near to finishing it. We then waddled along the street for a bit before hopping in a cab to a bar which boasts itself as being the official Liverpool supporters bar in Chicago. It was a good job we got there when we did as it was rammed. Turns out Americans love English football and there was a very strong Chicago contingent getting through pints at 9:30. The game went on for approximately 33 hours thanks to no goals in the game or 30 minutes of extra time. After penalties we finally got a Liverpool win so left to go to the Shed which is a really nice aquarium. Not much more to say than that. It had fish and was nice. We walked back along the shore and then headed to do a boat tour which went along the river and gave loads of information about all the Chicago architecture. Sounds boring but was really good. Layering up more was a massive error though as the sun went down and so did our core body temperatures. We legged it back to the hotel after to get warm and have dinner at Cindys which is on the roof of the hotel. We managed to stay up til 9pm!Read more