Touristing Chicago

skytash3 September 20138 September 2013City, US, USA Rail Pass

View from the Metra train from Evanston — View from the tinted Metra train window from Evanston

While I was in Chicago, I did many of the things a good tourist should do. I visited The Bean, had a hotdog, walked up Michigan Avenue, walked over the BP bridge, saw the millennium auditorium, admired the state library and enjoyed the public art.

I also took the insider tip and rather than going up the Willis (was Sears) Tower or the Hancock Observatory (both $18 for a ride in an elevator), I admired the view from the Signature bar on the 95^th floor of the Hancock Centre, one floor up from the Observatory. I wouldn’t normally be happy to pay $5.50 for a coffee, but it was well worth it as the elevator ride was free.