Chicago - Day 3

Monday 25 July

0730 - PUN woke up and went for a walk.

0930 - I'm up and at -em bright and early bright, well I'm up. Today, we tried a Corner Bakery & Café and did much better - I got a diet Coke and a ham, egg, and cheddar panini. Mmmmm!

1030 - And we're off! Today's target was the Science & Industry Museum. This was away from the other museums,and you have to take a different bus. One that doesn't run very often apparently, but we did eventually get there. Wow. This place is huge! We thought about the Body Worlds exhibit, but ended up not going to that as it is not included on the tour ($12 to add it on), and we're running later than we'd planned. There was more than enough to see and do here, though. I enjoyed the Chemistry Hall, and we wandered through NetWorld and the Genetics area (Cute baby chicks). We did see a movie in the OmniMax showing the first full length trip from the origin of the Blue Nile to the Mediterranean. With the OmniMax technology, the show was exciting, but the pacing was a bit off. They kept emphasizing how dangerous the trip was, and sure enough, people went overboard in rapids with crocs around, and got shot at by looters, and faced other perils, and the narrator went in great detail how close to death people regularly came, then it's back to breathtaking helicopter footage to introduce the next scene. Overall, a very fun museum, with lots of hands on stuff (about half of which worked :()

1730 - Met up with our 2nd FFFer, the one and only LurkMeister. After a drink at the hotel bar, we decided to go find somewhere for dinner. At the suggestion of the doorman, we walked over to the Grand Lux Cafe. It proved to be quite popular, and the promised 20 minute wait turned out to be almost an hour, but it really was worth the wait. The food was excellent, but surpassed by the company. Lurky wasn't on vacation, and so had to catch a bus to get back home. Minutes later, we realized we'd brought our camera along, but neglected to ever get a picture made. :( I guess that means we'll have to go back sometime. After a relaxed stroll back to the hotel, it was time to turn in. But first, I got a few more pages of Harry Potter read.