Illinois
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How to spend a weekend in Chicago
We love to travel, but we have full-time jobs, so we can only visit certain places on weekend trips. Chicago is one of those cities that was up there on our list. Here’s how we managed to spend a weekend in Chicago on a budget. This post is part of our weekend trip ideas. Here are other places we visited that may inspire you to visit on a weekend too: Weekend in Gainesville Florida with a toddler Daytona Beach Weekend Getaway (with a toddler) How to Travel Every Weekend Treat Your Weekend as a Vacation Weekend at Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake Arriving in Chicago, we had no idea…
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Journey To Chicago: What to Do in the Windy City
Chicago What do you picture when you hear that word? I hear Polish truck drivers in a Mamet play delivering groceries, spectacular wind chills blowing off Lake Michigan, Cubs and White Sox, Bauhaus and Contemporary structures sitting side by side, Al Capone and speakeasies, Second City, Windy City, White City, Home Alone, Chicago the Musical, deep dish pizza, Sears Tower, loudness, and the eternal rumble of the “L” trains. We visited Chicago for only two full days and a morning, so we only saw downtown Chicago, for the most part. Still, we saw Chicago as it woke up in the morning and how it went to sleep (or didn’t go to sleep), how…
