How to spend a great day ...

Introduction:
To be honest, when Hardi was speaking all the time that we have to visit Chicago, I wasn´t that enthusiastic. I´ve seen a lot of big cities like London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Seattle, Portland, Buenos Aires, Roma, Praque, Berlin, etc. and I thought "Why should I visit Chicago? .. I´m sure it is just one among all the other U.S. cities.". However, about 1 1/2 weeks ago it turned out that our friends Margaret and Brandon will join us and we started to plan our trip ... with the result that I started to think more and more positive about a visit of Chicago. And yesterday finally was the big day: Our 1 day trip to Chicago!

Materials and Methods:
We enjoyed the day in Chicago according to the following protocol: 
1) Departure in Madison: 4.50 am
2) Play "Who are you?" and make plans about a world journey together.
2) Arrival in Chicago: 7.30 am
3) Walk to the Millenium Park.
4) Enjoy the legendary and fascinating metal bean ;o) and have breakfast in the park.
5) Walk to the Museum Campus.
6) Spend two hours in the Field museum and find out that you could spend at least a whole day in this great museum.
7) Walk to the Navy Pier.
8) Have lunch at the Navy Pier and enjoy a skyline boat tour on Lake Michigan.
9) Have a nice two hours gangster tour to see the old gangster hot spots.
10) Walk to the Willis Tower (tallest building in the western hemisphere ... height: roof 442 m / antenna spire 527 m).
11) Line up for more than a hour to go up to the Skydeck (located on the 103 floor, 412 m).
12) Enjoy the spectacular view of Chicago and step out on the glass ledges.
13) Have a famous Chicago Deep Dish Pizza for dinner.
14) Departure in Chicago: about 11.30 pm
15) Decide which songs should be used for the soundtrack of your life.
16) Arrival in Madison: 2 am

Results:

cow + boy

The magic bean ;o)

reflections

breakfast time

reflections²

The Field museum

Navy Pier

boat tour

gangster tour

it´s a real sea gull!

height: 412 m

Chicago deep dish pizza

Discussion:
A GREAT DAY!!

Conclusion:
I would do it again ... same people ... same place or each other place of the world. :o)


Acknowledgements:
@Hardi: Thank you for the persistence regarding the Chicago trip.
@Margaret: Thank you for beeing our tour guide.
@Brandon: Thank you for driving.
@Hardi, Margaret & Brandon: Thank you for the day ... I really enjoyed the time with you guys!