Chicago, Fall Break by Cameron Newman

Over Fall Break my Dad went to Africa so we had to go somewhere so we went to Chicago!  We arrived at around noon or 11:30.  We took the train into the city and then walked to our hotel.  The roads were swarming with people in cars and taxis, but not many people walking, surprisingly.  After we checked into our hotel which was 17 floors and we got the 17th floor, we went to eat at the ESPN Zone which is a restaurant, kind of. 

 The ESPN ZONE was three floors high; it had a store, a restaurant, and a huge arcade room.  When you are eating you can watch tons and tons of sports shows and even a tiny TV in our booth.   After we ate we went to Nike Town which is a huge store with lots of Nike stuff. Again the store was three floors high, but I did not buy anything.
  

Next we went shopping a little more and then we went to eat at the best pizza restaurant I have ever eaten at.  It was amazing!! After that we went back to the hotel and watched the movie in Hulk in our beds. 

 

The next morning we got up and ate a huge breakfast at the hotel. 

Then we walked to Navy Pier and got on the tour boat, but it was really cold. The boat took us through downtown Chicago from Lake Michigan on the Chicago River.  After we got off the boat we went inside the huge pavilions at Navy Pier.  There were lots of tiny stores and restaurants inside. I didn't buy anything but it was cool.   

Next we went to the Field Museum which has the biggest complete T-Rex fossil ever, called Sue. We also ate lunch in the museum. Then we

 took a taxi back to our hotel and took a nap until it was time to go to the theater.

We decided we had to eat at that awesome pizza place again, Giordano's.  

Then one of the best parts of the trip we got to go see 

Wicked the play. It was like telling the Wizard of Oz from the Wicked Which of the West's view.  Once the play was over we walked to a deli and then walked to the hotel and went to bed.

Early the next day we got up and packed to leave, but we didn't actually have to leave until 2:30.  We wanted to be ready.  The first place we went straight to the John Hancock Building.  It was huge.  Some lady said we were going 20 to 30 miles and hour in the elevator.  Once we got to the top I immediately looked out the window. All I could see was huge Lake Michigan, it looked like the ocean.  We stayed up there for about 15 or 20 minutes looking at different parts of the city.  At the top of the John Hancock Building there was a little shop and I got a snow globe and a little key chain bear that says Chicago on it.  (When we went to New 

York I got a snow globe

 when we were in the Empire State Building.)  After we left we went to the Cheesecake Factory in the John Hancock Building.  It was sooo good.  As we were walking back to the hotel to get our luggage we stopped in the Disney Store.  And the last place we went before we left was the.... Nike store... (again).

It was definitely an amazing nonforgetful trip.  The End