Bean Day
We put our walking shoes on today, with the goal of getting
to know the city a bit. We left our
hotel and walked down to the local Bank of America ATM to get some cash (Using
Bank of America so we don’t pay the @#$%^& $8 fee that our dear bank would
usually charge for such a cost-less transaction) and have breakfast.
That accomplished, we walked over to Navy
Pier, with a view to walking round Lake Side Drive and eventually to the
Millennium Park. This is where they have
The Bean (actually I think it’s correctly called The Cloud, but Bean is pretty
appropriate) which is simply a big stainless steel sculpture in the shape of a
bean. Being stainless steel, it’s very
reflective, so hours of fun can be had with reflections. Hard to describe, you will have to look at
the photos. It’s pretty cool and we
spent almost an hour and a half here, watching people having fun with it,
taking photos, and having some fun ourselves.
It really is fun, very cool.Indeed all photo's below are of the Bean !
Chicago is a wee bit like New York, there is lots of
stunning architecture here, and a good mix of new buildings as well, some that
sit side by side with the old and it all seems to work pretty well. Plus they have the L, an elevated train
system that runs above road level.
For dinner, we mooched up Rush Street and found a place
called Big Bowl, which served Thai food and looked pretty good. The food was excellent, but once again,
really big portions and we came out of there with our stomachs like little (ok,
BIG!) barrels.
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