A very nice colleague from Amadeus Chicago hosted me, so I could enjoy the city nicknamed as the Windy City.
Having only one day here, I took my reliable foldable scooter and the Metro to the Loop, where the very specific sound of this train makes it a landmark by itself:
First stop, the Millenium Park, with the iconic Cloud Gate, a giant "bean" shaped mirror, very nice even if the weather wasn't good in the morning (and it wasn't going to get better):
This park also host a very nice open air concert place, a statue from Jaume (the very same as the one who created the statue in Antibes)... all of this would have been even better with a bright blue sky... anyway...
After shooting few pictures in this amazing city which doesn't need the sun light to be bright
I've headed to an architecture cruise along the Chicago River, river which was turn upside down so the water was no longer going to the Lake Michigan, but from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Despite freezing with the wind (the city's nickname is not stolen), this tour was very nice and educational.
The afternoon was spent in the Chicago Cultural Centre, a very pleasant place with free exhibitions of modern art, wifi, and cosy sofa.
17h, the weather gets worse and it's already really dark outside, I head back to my colleague's place without climbing on top of the Willis tower, thehighest second highest building in USA (few days ago, the council of US buildings officially awarded to NYC's One Trade Center the title of highest building in the USA (because of a 60 meters antenna), toping Chicago's Willis. The Chicago's mayor reacted :"If it looks like an antenna and acts like an antenna, then, guess what? it's an antenna")
Having only one day here, I took my reliable foldable scooter and the Metro to the Loop, where the very specific sound of this train makes it a landmark by itself:
First stop, the Millenium Park, with the iconic Cloud Gate, a giant "bean" shaped mirror, very nice even if the weather wasn't good in the morning (and it wasn't going to get better):
This park also host a very nice open air concert place, a statue from Jaume (the very same as the one who created the statue in Antibes)... all of this would have been even better with a bright blue sky... anyway...
After shooting few pictures in this amazing city which doesn't need the sun light to be bright
I've headed to an architecture cruise along the Chicago River, river which was turn upside down so the water was no longer going to the Lake Michigan, but from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Despite freezing with the wind (the city's nickname is not stolen), this tour was very nice and educational.
The afternoon was spent in the Chicago Cultural Centre, a very pleasant place with free exhibitions of modern art, wifi, and cosy sofa.
17h, the weather gets worse and it's already really dark outside, I head back to my colleague's place without climbing on top of the Willis tower, the
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