Our second full day in Chicago started pretty late. Geries and I split up since I needed to get my bike worked on before I could head out. Michael, one of the guys living in the place we were staying at graciously helped me take care of my shifter issues, and I managed to head into town by about midday. I probably went a little too fast down the Lakefront Trail, because by the time I reached the city I was drenched in sweat. I walked down Michigan Avenue for a bit before resting in the shade of the old water tower to cool off. It just so happened that they were filming a Marshall's commercial there, so I watched that for a while as I caught my breath and dried off.
Next I just rode around the city for a while. Fascinated with the buildings, I stopped often to look around and take some videos before moving on. Eventually I made my way to a McDonald's (a favorite on the trip because of the free wifi) to sit down and do some writing. Unfortunately I had trouble connecting to the wifi, but the milkshake was worth it, and I got a chance to at least type up some things so I'd be ready once I could get connected to the internet.
After I was thoroughly cooled off and had finished with my computer I headed back to Millenium Park, my favorite place in the city so far. Watching the people crowding around the Bean was an entertaining way to kill some time until the concert on the lawn began. The Chicago Symphony does regular concerts in Millenium Park's beautiful outdoor concert hall, and I was lucky enough to be around to catch one of them. I plopped down on the lush grass that formed the seating area for the venue, and had a relaxing time listening to some Mozart played by an incredibly accomplished orchestra for a couple hours before meeting back up with Geries to grab some dinner.
Since we were both very hungry by the time we met up, and we didn't feel like hunting down another place to eat, we decided to visit the downtown branch of Portillo's where I got another great Italian beef sandwich as well as an excellent Chicago chili dog. Once we were full we made another trip to the Hancock Tower to get some more night shots of the city from above.
When we finished at the tower we had a pretty thrilling bike ride back to the car. Along the way I was going pretty fast when a guy decided to cut me off in his car. I managed to brake in time (making a pretty spectacular skidding stop), but couldn't express my displeasure before the car had zoomed off in the distance. Thankfully we made it back to the car with no casualties, and headed over to Alice's place near the University of Chicago to spend our final night in the city since we had only originally planned to stay with our other host for two nights.
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