Hi! I am finally back at UCONN after a short vacation in Chicago. Chicago is awesome, with Ying Ying being such a nice companion. We had pretty much covered most of the places of attraction and practically ate our way though! Thanks to Ying Ying ingenious iPhone navigation functions, we had the famous deep dish pizza from Giordino’s and the Popcorn from Garette. Chicago is a pretty city, the skyline is beautiful and we are really luckily that the weather has been very kind to us!!! Bright and sunny for all these days and it snowed when we were back in the comfort of our hotel room. There are some of the places that we had been to.

Day 1

We reached Chicago at about 4pm and head straight down to the Michigan Avenue (aka The Magnificent Mile) where it is the heart of fashion and dining in Chicago. There were a lot of up class restaurants and international brands. We decided to go there as there was a parade on the lighting festival for Chirtmas. Ying Ying and I did catch some parts of the Parade, but we went off doing some shopping~ Hoho..

Christmas's coming!

Wave back!

Hershey's Big Chocolate..It costs 40 over USD.

Day 2

We visited the Navy Pier and I bought a bag that changes colour under the sun, it was so cool then, so I bought it out of impulse. -__- We visited this tinted glass museum for free, there were lotsa of amazing artwork on glass painting. It was pretty much the highlights of Navy Pier. There are suppose to be really good scenery for photo taking, since it is near the harbour, but the weather was too cold to venture out! We went to Hancock Observatory Tower in Michigan Avenue, and I was smart to suggest the visit before sun set, so we caught amazing Chicago cityview before, during and after the sun set! Haha, it was worth the trip, the tower was 100 level tall, one of the tallest building in the world. We took the elevator up to 94^th level for the observatory section and according the information guide, it only takes 40 secs o reach 94 level, it is the fastest elevator in North America!!!

Navy Pier

Tinted Glass Museum

Beautiful view from the Hancock Observatory tower.

We round up our fabulous day with the cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. I ordered strawberry cheesecake and it tasted so much better than any of the Cheesecake I have tried in Singapore, I am not a fan of cheesecake, but I fell in love with the one I had today.

Day 3.

Today, we practically combed The Loop in Chicago, an area where all the CTA (train lines) run in a loop. We visited the entire Millennium Park and went to the Cloud Gate- one of the top ten modern wonders of the world. Well, we had fun times taking shots of ourselves, and the Cloud Gate looks gorgeous with skyscrapers decorating its’ backdrop.

Cloud Gate

Our next destination was the Art Institution of Chicago and I took a picture with the famous lion statue outside the building. Too much art in the Museum though, maybe we are arty enough to digest all the artwork.

Dinner was at Giordano’s Pizza, the famous Only-In-Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. According to Ying Ying iphone, there was one store located near the Wabash street, so..we walked a long way in the cold…to realize that the store had closed down for business! Oh my! We were very determined to taste the legendary Chicago pizza..SO, we walked all the way to another store, which was some distance away. We were both glad to reach there and being so hungry, we ordered a lot of food! Garlic Cheese Bread, Salad and Cheese Pizza…too much Pizza, too much cheese. –___– But I have to say, pizza crust taste very good! They made the pizza on the spot, so we had to wait at least 45 mins for the pizza to be made! Fresh and good, but too much cheese.

Check the thickiness and the amount of Cheese it had!

Day 4

Day 4 was allocated to the Shedd Aquarium and The Field Museum. For some reasons, there were lotsa of visitors in Shedd Aquarium on er…Tueday afternoon..Mostly parents and their children. I must say it wasn’t that impressive, I think the Singapore Underwater world had set such a high standard that I didn’t enough the Aquarium as much! Singaporeans should be really proud to have such attractions, our Zoo, Birdpark and Underwater World were genuinely remarkable, we are small, but strong! Haha..

The Field Museum made up for the less enjoyable Aquarium though, Sue the T-rex was the world’s MOST COMPREHENSIVE, WELL-PRESERVED AND LARGEST set of fossil ever found in the world. Wow wow wow, there is all I can say, Every part of the skeleton was the real bones except the head, which was exhibited at a separated section as it was too heavy to be hung with the body. Then, I spotted something too, the world LARGEST diamond, displayed in the Field Museum, it was 5900 carats…the diamond sparks almost can kill! Oh my gosh, I need to steal it away for my own collection. (=

Sue, the T-Rex

Largest Diamond....mine....

Check out the amout of "colours" this diamond has...oh my gosh, kill me..

There is no light shining through this piece of Jade, the mixture of greens makes it looks translucent..wonderful.

The sky colours after we end our day.

So today, I am back at UCONN, took the plane on the busiest traveling day of the year. I am glad to be back, at my own room and be here, blogging. It is Thanksgiving Day tomorrow and I heard from my relative that we are going to have a 18 pounds turkey, I don’t have a idea how heavy it is actually going to be…lazy to convert it into kilograms. But yes! Heading to New Jersey tomorrow morning and shopping on Black Friday in New York! After this week, I will be so jia-lat with my work, oh well, work don’t come into the picture before Saturday.