Each day, I’ve been waking up around 7:30 am when everyone else sleeps until anywhere from 9 to 10:30 am. This morning I chose to make pancakes with the ingredients we bought from the supermarket. I cooked, we ate, and we packed.
Today we went to the Art Institute of Chicago where Audrey’s Grandmother works. Before we left for the train into the city, we packed ourselves lunches for a picnic before we met up to go into the Art Institute. We ate in the gardens outside of the building where statues of a variety of things were placed.
We were in for a treat when Audrey’s Grandma took us into where she work in the storage area for the Arms and Armory. We got to see people working to take pictures of some of the pieces. She took us into the storage area where the collection of armor, guns, spears, swords, and miniature cannons were stored.
The group looks at the armor and swords
After we got to see the storage area, we were free to look at the rest of the museum. We all enjoyed it from Vincent Van Gogh to miniature rooms. After we had gone through the museum and through the gift shop we set out to find our way to the Hard Rock Cafe to meet up with my Aunt Brenda.
After the 1.6 mile walk, we had finally arrived with empty stomachs. The restaurant was covered all about with guitars and jackets from many musiciens. Service was fantastic, food was good, music was ok, but those fries. Those french fries were amazing. We took them back to the house with us and will probably have them for breakfast tomorrow (maybe not breakfast, but probably for lunch).
From left to right: Audrey, Sam, Lucas, Rinn, Ian, and Brenda
My Aunt Brenda recommended we go see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Millennium Park so she gave us a ride over there. The park was packed all the way back to the gardens. We enjoyed a good portion of the performance till we started to feel a couple of light rain drops. We decided to head towards Union Station for the 8:35 train.
The train ride back to Deerfield has a story all of its own. I will be writing it shortly and will put it at the bottom of this post. It will not be featured in the blog.
Finally got on here! It’s fun to see what you guys are doing! I say hello to you all!