The old and the new (and a Starbucks too!)

So many parks in Chicago all filled with people (and dogs!)

Chicago is the starting point of Route 66

Trump Tower behind the Wrigley building

Trying their hand at drawing

The Flamingo

Check out the bird on top of the statue

Chicago River, lined with skyscrapers

Art Institute with skyline behind

Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center. Largest Tiffany glass dome in the world

Joanne and Pat

Chicago Cultural Center

Lobby at The Rookery building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

The John Hancock Tower

Underneath The Bean

Sailors on leave

The Flamingo sculpture designed by Alexander Calder

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Paula, Pat and Joanne reflected in The Bean

So many outdoor cafe, all filled with people enjoying the amazing street life

Cloudgate, more commonly known as The Bean. It reflects the skyscrapers (or cloudscrapers as they were first known).

Iconic buildings

Rookery Lobby

The famous clock at Marshall Fields, now Macy's department store

Water Towers everywhere

Little girl enjoying the Fountain

The Chicago Theatre

The Crown Fountain in Millenium Park is two towers with 300 faces of Chicagoans projected on it. Every now and again, it spurts out water from their mouths

The beautiful waterfront, with skyscrapers behind