Breakfast at the Corner Bakery Cafe (just like we did 7 years ago) and then a walk north along Michigan Avenue to the river front to book a trip on the Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise - a most excellent and informative 90 minutes gently cruising up and down all three arms of the "Y" shaped river system around which downtown Chicago is built.
A quick walk to the Navy Pier where we lunched at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville followed by our second boat trip of the day, this time out on to Lake Michigan for a 40 minute Classic Tour with Shoreline Sightseeing - again, interesting and informative and it was fascinating to see how tiny our 15 storey Essex Inn hotel appears viewed from the lake surrounded, as it is, by numerous skyscrapers.
Continuing the theme of our Blues Highway trip, we visited the Rolling Stones Exhibitionism as it just happened to open on the Navy Pier in Chicago last Saturday for a 4 month stay, having previously been on display in London (New York is next). Very slickly put together, it traces the rise of the Stones to international mega-stardom with several interactive and static displays. Another 90 minutes well spent.
Finally we called in at Pizano's on Madison Street where we had our first meal 7 years ago when we arrived in Chicago to commence our Route 66 road trip. It hasn't changed and the pizzas still taste great!
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