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| First airplane ride! |
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| A little inflight entertainment. |
Our silly observations:
- There are cool old buildings EVERYWHERE you look. I love the history and how the cities have embraced the past by restoring and repurposing old buildings. The St. Louis Union Station was my favorite example of this.
- There are WAY more smokers in all of the midwestern cities we visited than in Southern California. It was hard to get used to and made me appreciate the anti-smoking vibe in California.
- People are incredibly friendly in the midwest. It made be realize how unfriendly Californians generally are.
- I was surprised by how clean the big midwestern cities were.
- People in Chicago drink WAY too much!
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| First baseball game to see the Cardinals! |
- Union Station
- Pi pizza and ice cream with Rachel (That salted caramel ice cream was great!)
- Campbell House
- Cardinals game
- Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
- Ate at Pappy's BBQ
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| Grater's Ice Cream! I got peanut butter chip. |
- Drove by Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby (witnessed chaos in the surrounding neighborhoods)
- Simply Thai with Adam and Anna
- Grater's Ice Cream (AWESOME!)
- Saw Downtown Louisville (Brown Hotel, Louisville Slugger Factory, etc.)
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| A tour of the Red's stadium in Cincinnati. |
- Grater's Ice Cream .. again.. yummy!
- Enjoyed a Cinco De Mayo festival
- Toured Great American Ballpark and Reds Hall of Fame (awesome!)
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| Lena and I met Dan's Aunt and Uncle Caldwell for the first time. |
- Quick stop at Lucas Oil Field and team shop
- Skyline Chili (5 way)
- Drive through downtown
- Tour Harrison House
- Had a carb-fest at Cracker Barrel
- Met Dan's Aunt and Uncle Caldwell and got a tour of Anderson University
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| A short dive to Wisconsin to see the Brewers. |
- Saw the Brewers play the Reds at Miller Park
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| Sailing on the Tall Windy on Lake Michigan |
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| It might be historic but it is not very comfortable or easy to get to. |
- Frank Lloyd Wright walking tour (included the Fine Arts Building)
- Riverboat tour
- Sailing on the Tall Windy to see the city skyline and visited Navy Pier
- Ate tons of great food! (Giordanos Pizza, Al's Italian Beef, Andy's Frozen Custard, Big and Little's)
- Saw a Cubs game at Wrigley
- Saw a White Sox game at US Cellular Field (That is five baseball stadiums if you are counting...)
- Visited the Lincoln Park Zoo
- Went to the Chicago History Museum
- Took a historical walking tour of the Loop and Pedway
- Had appetizers and drinks in the Hancock building's restaurant on the 100th floor
- Shopped for cheese and other goodies at the French Market
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| At the top of the Hancock Building |
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| Giordanos was great! We ate three meals out of one pizza! |
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| Tiffany Dome - It is so breathtaking! |
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| Even Lena had to take in the beauty of the Tiffany Dome. So cute! |
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| Miss Lena washing away the day in the kitchen sink. |
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| Lena was a great tourist and spent many hours in the snugglie. |
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| I had my first mother's day with Lena in Chicago and I got the prettiest flowers and a neat card from Lena and Dan. |
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| It was a great trip but we will need to rest up before our next adventure in Hawaii in a few months! |
2 comments:
WOW!!! Sounds like an awesome trip!!! Wish I'd known you were going to be in my city- Louisville would've love to meet up with a fellow blogger! Btw if your ever back this way you've gotta try comfy cow ice cream- YUMMO!!!
Wow, that's quite a trip! Glad you had a good time.
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