Lisa and I headed over Wrigley Field for what turned out to be the ultimate old-time baseball experience. As we arrived at the ticket office, we were greeted by a five-piece dixieland band dressed in Cub's uniforms. From our seats, located just behind the right fielder, we enjoyed the clever interlude choices of the organist. While admiring the ivy covered backstop and manual scoreboard, we ate Chicago style hot dogs, with all the fixins. The game went into the eleventh inning before the home team won. If they hadn't, it would have been a shame...
For dinner, we wandered over to Dagostino's Pizza for some deep dish deliciousness before strolling back to Maria's apartment. We enjoyed seeing the fine neighborhoods just north of Wrigleyville.
The next day, we lounged around for most of the morning and headed towards downtown Chicago. We disembarked at the Field Museum of Natural History and were greeted by Sue, the largest and most complete T-Rex fossil ever found. We got to tour Lascaux Cave, a reproduction of the famous prehistoric art cave in France which has been masterfully recreated with laser technology. John (Maria's boyfriend) met up with us to see mummies of ancient Egypt, and mammals of Asia and Africa.
After we had our fill of natural history, we wandered down the boardwalk on the shore of Lake Michigan while admiring the skyline. John gave us a great tour of the parks that lined downtown Chicago and we took an apparently obligatory photo into "the bean:"
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| We don't have these things at home... |
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| The Windy City |
For dinner, it was back to Maria's for a buffet; she claims that she likes to have options. With bellies full, we went for a walk and found baby bunnies that must have been born earlier that day. We moved them off of the sidewalk with frisbees, hoping that their mother would come get them. SO FUZZY!
We've certainly been spoiled by our stay with Maria and John but will be heading east tomorrow! Until next time, go Cubs!
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