Chicago Day 3

Our last day in Chicago was just as jam packed as the others... so be prepared for lots more pictures...

I told you about the breakfast place we found, Yolk, yesterday.  We decided we had to go back for a second time to try a different breakfast treat.  I got "Banana Nut Bread French Toast" it was banana bread made into french toast.. and it was served with peanut butter... so yummy!

Patrick got a bacon and egg waffle... the bacon was cooked into the waffle...

One last shot of our beautiful hotel!  We did Priceline and got the Chicago Hilton.  It is a historic hotel that has been around since the 1920's... it has a very rich history.  We had such a great time!

After we checked out of our hotel we decided to head back to the Chicago river to take a boat tour of the city... here we are on the boat getting ready to head out...

Our view from the river...

A few of the skyscrapers in the Chicago skyline... including the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower)... more on that in a minute...

The architecture of Chicago runs below the city too... notice the trains in the picture that run underneath most of the city.  This is Union Station...

The tour was full of history and fun facts about the architecture and buildings along the Chicago River.  Take for example this building... our guide says this is where the 1860 Republican Convention convened.  You know what happened at that convention... Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the Republican Presidential ticket...

Our guide also pointed out this building.  He said Al Capone had a speakeasy on the top floor.  He also told us that there was an elevator in the middle of the building.  It was made for the ultra-rich who would buy their jewelry inside, then they would drive their car up into the building to load the jewels so people wouldn't see them on the street.

Just another skyline picture...

After the boat tour we had to go to one more tourist attraction... Willis Tower it was formerly the Sears Tower but it has been renamed in the last few years...  This is from a view toward the south...

One more fun fact... do you see the arrow pointing to the helipad in the picture below... that is on top of our hotel.  It was used to film the helicoper scenes in the television show ER.  How cool is that...

Looking toward Michigan Avenue... the Hancock tower and the Trump tower...

There are four acrylic boxes about two feet wide where you can go to stand "on top" of the other buildings.  It was crazy!

Neither one of us are really scared of heights... but this box really played tricks with your head.

We had a great trip!  We hope we get to visit again soon!