Chicago Bound!

Finally. Time to sit down and tell you all about Chicago! Joe and I were there from Thursday through Sunday and it was such a great, quick getaway. Joe had spent the summer before his senior year of college near Chicago for an internship so it was nice having my own personal tour guide.

Day 1 We did a lot of exploring and walking around the city taking in all the sights.

This was a big amphitheater in Millennium Park. We sat on the grass and listened to a free Jazz concert for a bit and had some free raspberry lemonade that was AMAZING.

Here we are taking our picture in the reflection of the bean. A must do in Chicago!

The mouths would eventually move and a fountain of water would come out of them. Pretty neat!

Walking along Lake Michigan.

Day 2 we rented bikes for the day and went on a 17 mile bike ride.

So I have a funny story which Joe could definitely tell better in person but I'll give it a go with words. On our bike ride we were coming around this corner and one of those segway tours was coming passing us by. A lady in the back started losing control of her segway and her natural reaction was to jump off. Totally understandable. Well, this segway keeps moving and Joe and I had to get out of the way before it ran us over (it was really close to taking one of us out), it tipped over and kept moving straight off the pier and into the water. The look on the lady's face was priceless and the look on the tour guide's face was pure shock. Joe and I just looked at each other and kept saying, "Did that really just happen?" haha. Yes. Yes it did.

Before we returned our bikes, we made a pit stop at a beach. It was the perfect way to cool down on such a hot day and the water was surprisingly warm!

After we took a dip in the water we went through Lincoln Park Zoo.

Day 3 we met up with my friends Kelsey and Joe who were heading to Lollapalooza (music festival) for brunch. Then we did some more walking around and hopped on a water taxi to ride on the river!

We visited Navy Pier on our last night in the city and were loving the views.

Day 4 We, you guessed, walked around some more before catching the train back to the airport.

It was so nice to take a break from our every day life and spend time with each other. Although, I really missed Stella. She had fun being spoiled by my sister though and I'm sure she didn't miss us that much. Here's to another pin on the map!