Chicago part 2!

One of my favourite parts of Chicago was all the skyscrapers. I have hundreds of photos of them! We thought about going up the Sears tower, but $12 for a ride in a lift seemed a bit steep... Then my friends George and Svenja told me about the John Hancock Tower. Almost as tall as Sears tower, with a bar on the 96th floor... well it just had to be done, didn't it? I thought a free lift ride and cocktails for $13 was a much better deal. We headed off early on Friday evening, keen to get a seat by a window - we'd heard this was THE place to see the sun set over Chicago, and it was spectacular!! Of course one Margarita turned into two, and we ate dinner very late that night, but I think it was my favourite part of the whole trip (much better than conference papers at any rate!!!)

So these photos show the views as the sun slowly set and the lights came on






Angela, Jelena and Sarah ehjoying their cocktails


Heather

Chicago...

Wow, this Easter break is very busy... we have an enormous project in progress, which I'll share in a few days (we both took the rest of the week off) - I'll just say it's been hard work, it's not finished and it's left me so tired I've hardly stitched all week.

So instead I'll share a few photos of my trip to Chicago:

View from our bedroom window

Jelena on Navy Pier

Me and Sarah at Navy Pier

Jelena and Sarah downtown

Me and Sue the T-Rex at the field museum

The El (elevated railway)... we went on a ride on it, just for fun

I have lots more photos to share - of cocktails on the 96th floor of the Hancock Tower at sunset..., the stained glass museum (lots of pretty windows), of the architectural tour of Chicago (lots of skyscrapers) and the Tartan festival in St Charles...

Right, back to the BIG project...