What a day!!!! First, to those who wants to see what the trip cam captured today, please defer to look at those pix.  Robert did not check the setting this morning and ended up that Mr. EEEPC decided he’s using his own webcam instead of the one on the dash.  So today’s trip pix from the dash cam is nothing but Robert and I’s head.  Fortunately, I have navigator cam that I take of the road. So you’ll have some pix of the trip from my eyes and some from Robert’s urging.  We will be uploading them after I go through the camera files.

Thank goodness we gained an hour since we burned the candle on both ends today.  We did the touristy thing for 3 states – 2 cities.   We woke up fairly early to go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and since we were pressed for time, we cabbed it only to realize that every street that leads to the rock hall has been blocked for some type of walk or marathon, even though we didn’t see anyone doing it, so we just ended up going on an endless circle in the cab, only to let out few blocks anyways. No time gained – sigh. We did an express tour of the Rock Hall and then dashed out of Cleveland. 

Robert was so excited to see that somewhere in Ohio, in the rest area, he could go for Hardee’s. Unfortunately, it’s not all of them. So we tried to go to the last rest stop but we did not find one there. Ended up finding one in Ohio. It’s a sister company to west coast’s Carl’s Jr. Somethings are familiar but not all Carl’s sandwich are available, not bad for a rest stop lunch though. 

We hit a big city traffic jam in Chicago.  Our front desk person informed us that its usually not that bad but there was a marathon today of some sort.  Almost ended up  in the wrong hotel – robert supposedly has used on older trip plan for all the hotels.  This time, I was sure it was the wrong hotel even before we tried to register, since I specifically tried to find one by the river. The hotel, after we finally got there - thanks to gps having problems with the buildings blocking it service, did not disappoint.  It overlooks the river and really comfy.  Hopefully we get lucky all the way to Cali with our hotel choices.

Tonite, we were going to venture to the original Uno’s but our front desk person recommended a place 2 blocks away called Giordano’s.   It was a good choice!  The deep dish was awesome. Robbie also enjoyed an Italian Sausage Sandwich.  It’s one of the most tasty sandwich I’ve ever tried. On our way out, a young man asked for food, so we gave him the pizza left over.  Our waitress even gave us free dessert – Tiramisu and Cannolli :P If you are in Chi-town, try to drop by the restaurant but our waitress said that the wait is usually about 2 hours, so 30  min wait is a good wait. Plan to wait, it’s not bad, they are located in various locations through out Chi-town. they have the traditional chicago style pizza and other italian dishes. Price is not bad either.

After dinner, we opted to walk on the North Michigan. I think part of it is the Magnificent Mile, chicago’s version of NY’s 5th Avenue.  It looks more like Park Avenue. Anyways, we were very surprised that there were a lot of drunk locals who are throwing bottles on strangers.  However, when we did get by the river, it was such a beautiful night to walk and just sight see.  Robert even ventured down the River walk while I took the time to indulge on taking pictures of the lit city and just people watch.  The city is alive with all the tourist walking at night; it’s actually very beautiful to watch.  There were also some boats still going around the river, mostly the last of the tour boats and the police, but it just livens up the city. I love the concrete seating that was built in the walk way, very sight seeing friendly.  Robert and I both like the city and intrigued enough that we plan to come back by plane next time and just spend a few day getting to know the city more.  We also manage to get some souvenirs and now it is time for some rest.

breakfast: Daniel’s @ our hotel –> P: egg benedict; R: scrambled eggs with ham and rye toast 
lunch:  Harvee’s –> P: frisco sandwich and ranch fries; R:  chicken club sandwich and ranch fries.
dinner: Giordano’s –> pizza; P: fried wings; R: italian sausage sandwich.

tomorrow, we will take our tme and try to leave by 1p.  Morning will be spent resting.. we are pooped.  

-p

T