A quick whirlwind tour of Chicago the home of Jazz. Started at 8:30 AM and returned by 10:00 PM.
A city like Chicago deserves more than a week, esp the museums, amazingly maintained but definitely cannot be covered in 2 hours time. Their T-Rex fossil is world famous. Some of the Alaskan culture exhibits were mind blowing. Missed the Asian section and the African section completely.
Supposed to be a windy city but dint feel any wind. Somehow felt Chicago to be kind of lull, for some weird reasons I was shocked to see beggars who had ipods. One section of the city really looks amazing. Complete with mega structures. “Lake” Michigan does not in any way resemble a lake. Its huge. The trade mark L – trains are rusty and noisy but like I said they are a trade mark.
Things I missed:
* Art institute – My worst luck – all their van gough collection were shifted to Washington coz of some renovation.
*opera – A must visit
*Hancock tower.
*Science museum
*Field Museum {some sections of it}
* 2 hour open top double decked bus ride around the city.
* Hard rock cafe
* Jazz concert.
Never the less a great trip. A much needed break.
“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.”
Well I tried telling you.
