Chicago!

Em and I have spent the last week trying to keep our feet on the ground in the windy city of Chicago! 

We came out here for a friend's wedding and decided to make it a week of exploring.

To be honest, the things we have explored the most have been restaurants! We have eaten at some yummy places over the last week and I think we have both expanded our waistlines in the process. One of our favorite shows is Top Chef Masters and we got to try two restaurants owned by contestants.

We have done lots of walking and have really appreciated how FLAT this city is compared to San Francisco.

                                       
                                           We even got to see our friend Heather Hawkeye :)

The architecture here is really interesting. There are modern skyscrapers towering over historic buildings everywhere you turn. We went on a boat tour to explore the architecture, however, it was pouring down rain so we just explored the below deck bar instead! Our numerous walks made up for it though. 

 

                                                      We even hit up the bowling alley!

We really enjoyed our time in the windy city on the shores of lake Michigan and are looking forward to the next time we see each other in November in the UK. Emma is headed back to the UK for a week and then on to South Sudan for 4-5 weeks while Amber is going back to SF to pack up the apartment, have a garage sale, move stuff to Oregon and then come back and live in a near empty apartment for 3 months!

Until next time...