Jenjalan US 2008 - Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois (3rd - 4th July 2008)

Day1
Dgn badan penat travel almost 10 hours the day before plus tido takat cukup syarat, we start our mission to head up north to Chicago, the Windy City. Journey around 5 jam lebih. Nasib baik la ada Joey, dia la yg drive all the way. The trip was a bit slow sebab hujan.




In Chicago, we checked in at The Palmer House Hilton hotel, area Chicago Loop. Cantik!!! and recommended. Nasib baik la dpt hotel yg strategic and betul2 dekat dgn center. After a short rest, kami start berjalan sekitar Chicago. Rugi la kan, dtg jauh2 dok dlm hotel. Target nak ke John Hancock Center or known as Hancock Tower. Jauh jugak sebenarnya jalan dari hotel ke Hancock Tower ni, ada la around 20 minutes. Nasib baik kami dah invest beli stroller for littleman, kalau tak jenuh gak tu nak dukung dier. Dtg angin dier malas jalan, mmg boleh buat mr ayah and mrs mama hilang mood, psl penat nak dukung dier.

As we walked to Hancock Tower, sepanjang Michigan Ave tu, sempat la cuci2 mata sambil pasang target kedai mana nak singgah masa on the way balik nanti. Its kinda chilling in Chicago, patut la orang panggil Chicago nie The Windy City.

Joey insisted us to try The Cheesecake Factory. Alang2 perut tgh lapar, we all decided to have a go. The food was good and the portion was big. Puttanesca and Cheese Pizza was good. Tu je la pun yg agak confident nak order dlm menu tu pun. Ops! tak lupa jugak one slice of original Cheese Cake. Heaven!!!


Lepas makan, we walked back towards Grant Park nak tengok fireworks. July 4th is the Independence Day, and the day before that ada fireworks show and concert. By 5pm orang dah start ramai, and polis pun dah start tutup jalan. On the way to the park, sempat la kami menyinggah a few kedai. Mrs mama mcm biasa pasti tak lupa singgah Coach (eh! i tak beli la kat sini, the one yg dicari takde stock!).

Fireworks patut start at 9.30pm, tapi mcm janji melayu jugak diorang ni. Dah dekat 10pm baru start. It was worth waiting. The fireworks took place for solid 15 minutes. Cantik... Tapi sayang littleman ni penakut sikit, especially masa mula2 start. Bunyi meletop2, sama kuat je dgn suara dia menjerit. Tapi bila dah start nampak colorful, dia ok dah.


Habis je fireworks, kami balik terus ke hotel. Malas la nak tunggu concert, lagipun esok ada misi nak jelajah Chicago.

More pics in our FP and FB.