Chicago - Cleveland
Hi ... I have time to write a couple of lines; however I've just 20 minutes (internet account at the library of Pittsburgh) and I will see how far I can go ... :)
On our first day in Chicago we slept in; David and me we were pretty tired. We got off for lunch time and decided to go downtown. First we bought some food at Dominick's (a store like Safeway) and headed downtown later with the elevated train.
I was pretty impressed by downtown; lots of tall and impressive buildings (neoclassical and lots of modern architecture). We also had to go to the post office to pay my road toll as well as David bought his bus ticket for grey hound.
Afterwards we went to the Millenium Park ... very beautiful and a great opportunity to take beautiful pictures. After having lunch we went to the Navy Pier ... a very touristic area with a nice view on the lake as well as the skyline. At sunset we went to the John Hancock Center, one of the tallest buildings in Chicago and had the opportunity to have a look on the city out of the 94th floor.
At night we should have dinner at Little Italy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find it and thus we ended a second time at Dominicks (grocery store) and bought a huge pizza for just 5 bucks. By eating our pizza in the store we met two ladies of Mexico and Spain and by chance they stood in the same hostel as we did.
The next day we got off earlier in the morning, for we were planning to have a sightseeing trip in the loop downtown. This trip was organized by the tourism office of Chicago and is free. As we arrived at the tourism office we had the great opportunity to have a city guide for one hour for free. Actually, Chicago has a great tourism office ... they are friendly and offer lots of opportunities (for free!) to discover the city. So after our short sightseeing trip with the city guide (she showed us lots of impressive buildings and gave us some information on the history of the city) we took the train to discover the buildings around the loop (a guide explained the architecture and history of the buildings you could see by taking the train and driving through the loop). After a short lunch in the Millenium Park we went to the Arts Institute of Chicago. The Arts Institute of Chicago has lots of paintings and sculptures of different time periods. The Arts Institute is a must see ...
At night we met the two ladies for having dinner together ... we had to try the special Chicago pizza (a big crust and lots of toppings) ... was good; however, I still prefer a pizza of a real italian dining place. Later on we went to bar with live Jazz Music ... was great and pretty cheap for we got a free drink and we didn't have to pay an entrance fee.
The next day it was already time to leave Chicago. Honnestly, I really like the city ... there are many beautiful parks, the buildings and the lake are very impressive and also people seem to be nice. As we left Chicago we headed towards Cleveland to find a hostel close to Sandusky for we planned to visit a roller coaster park ...
(time is up ... I hope I will get some more time ... )
Finally, we arrived in Cleveland for sunset. Cleveland is a nice small city with a small skyline and couple of restaurants and bars. Yet, we were looking for a cheap place to have dinner and didn´t find anything convenient (ok it was already late at night). We went back to our motel room we booked before arriving in Cleveland. On the way there we were looking for a dining place and found a Perkins restaurant ... David was driving and we got a bit confused on how to get to the parking lot. We made a U-turn on a place it was prohibited ... and guess ... a couple of minutes later we saw some flashing lights in the back of our cars. I had the great opportunity to make a new experience: Getting investigated by an US police officer :) (ok, David was investigated and not myself). Yet were lucky and didn't get a fine. As we arrived at Perkins the diner was already closed ... and also a couple of seconds later the Police officer was already back again. We were already a bit afraid what will happen next ... yet, the officer was just giving us some advices were we could have dinner at this time (late at night). So with the good advice we finally found a 24h diner ... enjoyed good and cheap food before we went back to our motel. Arriving at the motel we saw two police cars in a short period of time and we could notice that the police checked the licence plate of our car (are we registered now?). I start getting paranoid and expected to get further visit of a police officer. However, nothing happened anymore and I got a good sleep!
More on Sandusky and Pittsburgh as soon as I will find another internet cafe ...
On our first day in Chicago we slept in; David and me we were pretty tired. We got off for lunch time and decided to go downtown. First we bought some food at Dominick's (a store like Safeway) and headed downtown later with the elevated train.
I was pretty impressed by downtown; lots of tall and impressive buildings (neoclassical and lots of modern architecture). We also had to go to the post office to pay my road toll as well as David bought his bus ticket for grey hound.
Afterwards we went to the Millenium Park ... very beautiful and a great opportunity to take beautiful pictures. After having lunch we went to the Navy Pier ... a very touristic area with a nice view on the lake as well as the skyline. At sunset we went to the John Hancock Center, one of the tallest buildings in Chicago and had the opportunity to have a look on the city out of the 94th floor.
At night we should have dinner at Little Italy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find it and thus we ended a second time at Dominicks (grocery store) and bought a huge pizza for just 5 bucks. By eating our pizza in the store we met two ladies of Mexico and Spain and by chance they stood in the same hostel as we did.
The next day we got off earlier in the morning, for we were planning to have a sightseeing trip in the loop downtown. This trip was organized by the tourism office of Chicago and is free. As we arrived at the tourism office we had the great opportunity to have a city guide for one hour for free. Actually, Chicago has a great tourism office ... they are friendly and offer lots of opportunities (for free!) to discover the city. So after our short sightseeing trip with the city guide (she showed us lots of impressive buildings and gave us some information on the history of the city) we took the train to discover the buildings around the loop (a guide explained the architecture and history of the buildings you could see by taking the train and driving through the loop). After a short lunch in the Millenium Park we went to the Arts Institute of Chicago. The Arts Institute of Chicago has lots of paintings and sculptures of different time periods. The Arts Institute is a must see ...
At night we met the two ladies for having dinner together ... we had to try the special Chicago pizza (a big crust and lots of toppings) ... was good; however, I still prefer a pizza of a real italian dining place. Later on we went to bar with live Jazz Music ... was great and pretty cheap for we got a free drink and we didn't have to pay an entrance fee.
The next day it was already time to leave Chicago. Honnestly, I really like the city ... there are many beautiful parks, the buildings and the lake are very impressive and also people seem to be nice. As we left Chicago we headed towards Cleveland to find a hostel close to Sandusky for we planned to visit a roller coaster park ...
(time is up ... I hope I will get some more time ... )
Finally, we arrived in Cleveland for sunset. Cleveland is a nice small city with a small skyline and couple of restaurants and bars. Yet, we were looking for a cheap place to have dinner and didn´t find anything convenient (ok it was already late at night). We went back to our motel room we booked before arriving in Cleveland. On the way there we were looking for a dining place and found a Perkins restaurant ... David was driving and we got a bit confused on how to get to the parking lot. We made a U-turn on a place it was prohibited ... and guess ... a couple of minutes later we saw some flashing lights in the back of our cars. I had the great opportunity to make a new experience: Getting investigated by an US police officer :) (ok, David was investigated and not myself). Yet were lucky and didn't get a fine. As we arrived at Perkins the diner was already closed ... and also a couple of seconds later the Police officer was already back again. We were already a bit afraid what will happen next ... yet, the officer was just giving us some advices were we could have dinner at this time (late at night). So with the good advice we finally found a 24h diner ... enjoyed good and cheap food before we went back to our motel. Arriving at the motel we saw two police cars in a short period of time and we could notice that the police checked the licence plate of our car (are we registered now?). I start getting paranoid and expected to get further visit of a police officer. However, nothing happened anymore and I got a good sleep!
More on Sandusky and Pittsburgh as soon as I will find another internet cafe ...
posted by Alain at 13:35
2 Comments:
Haha, public libraries for internet access? How clever... Good thing the librarian did not see that you are just making a blog entry and not doing research tztztztz.... but come to think of it, its still communication so I think that would not be a problem... unless the US police officer finds out your blog address and get to know more about you.. haha that will make you just more paranoid indeed (joke).
I hope you enjoy the remainder of your trip. I notice that your US trip are more of the city-scape and not the country-side. If your cam gets full and needs to be emptied for more picture and you get the chance to post them, that would be a lot better....
Greetings from sunny....err rainy.... err sunny.... err rainy....errr haily Winnipeg (weird weather)
Sounds like awesome times..way to go Alain!! y're truly enjoying summer :)..umm really excited to hear your interesting travel stories and experiences..hope to see ya soon..keep posting.
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