When we had last visited Chicago in September 2015, we were stunned by how its downtown was packed with so many attractive buildings. Ever after, we always had our eye on returning for the Open House Chicago festival to explore the city’s buildings from behind-the-scenes. Last year we made that happen as we rendezvoused in Chicago with my aunt and uncle – who handily happens … Continue reading Highlights of Open House Chicago
Deep dish pizza, queuing for the view from the world’s former-tallest-building and cruising the Chicago River Last time out, we took a look at our time in Chicago’s Loop and its parks. Read on to see what else we got up to in the Windy City. You can also watch all that we got up to here, or below. Took in the stunning Chicago … Continue reading A long weekend in Chicago: Part 2
Exploring the Windy City’s parks and architecture When you live in Europe, one of the cool things is that you are never more than a train ride or short flight away from exploring a new city over a long weekend. Now that we are living in North America we can now have long weekends exploring a new set of cities, that ordinarily you would not … Continue reading A long weekend in Chicago: Part 1
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