Here are a few of photos of the cityscapes. The buildings are all architect designed and it is well worth taking an architecture tour down the canal. We have done that on previous visits. This time we just walked around with our eyes directed skywards.
The Chicago Tribune building.
Trump Hotel dwarfing some of the buildings nearby.
When we arrived, only four days ago, the weather was summery. The temperature was around 22 degrees. Only a few days later we are in winter gear and maximum temperatures are around 8-10 degrees.
We are very happy that we had a couple of days to enjoy the sunshine and have a swim in the pool before it all turned cold. It is amazing the difference a few days made weather-wise.
A garden scene in the city.
Floral decorations abound. There seems to be great city pride.
Another view of skyscrapers.
The view from Tonja and Matt's apartment over Navy Pier.
Tonja unpacking goodies from Amazon.
Tonja's delicious home-made bread. I am a bread aficionado and I have to say, her bread is wonderful. Crusty and chewy.
Last night Andrew and I went to see a play being performed at the famous Steppenwolf Theatre. This was the theatre where actors such a John Malkovitch and Gary Sinese had cut their acting teeth and they are both foundation members.
We saw an excellent production, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-Time. We had both read the book by Mark Haddon and I was particularly curious how they made a play of it. It was very well done. The acting was excellent by a mainly African-American cast who sustained a British accent throughout the night.
That bread looks delicious! Was it just baked in her oven?
ReplyDeleteI love that book - I wonder whether they'll bring the production to Lismore!