The intersection of the beginning of Route 66
Millennium park was beautiful
They all did the choreography they do in the movie Slumdog Millionaire
Billy Goat Tavern
Batman: Wayne Enterprises
Batman: the car chase scene
My husband and I took my parents to downtown Chicago. Finding a parking space on a early Saturday morning was actually not that hard. We parked on Columbus Drive and walked up along the park and the lake and turned on Jackson Drive, which btw was the beginning of Route 66. The weather was perfect for strolling around in Millennium park, go past The Bean and continue over DuSable Bridge. We tried to find the Marylin Monroe statue but my husband and father had clearly not done their research, cause the statue was moved twice since it’s place in Chicago.
After a failed mission but other fun tourism, we went to Billy Goat Tavern to cool off. With more energy, we sent my parents off to the Willis Tower (former Sears Tower). After 40 minutes, I got a text from my dad that they had just entered the building and it was two hours of waiting to even go up to the top. We were nearby and we saw the long line outside, so we told them to skip it and we went for a late lunch instead. The city had now started to fill up on big tourist groups and with the Jazz Festival in Millenium park going on, it was now hard to get by anywhere.
We spent almost six hours in the city which was a perfect amount of time. I love Chicago. It has a mini New York feeling to it. There are taller buildings, but not as spread out as in NYC and the streets are wide. I always enjoy going there, and I’m glad my parents finally got to see it.