Snowpocalypse
First of all I'd like to apologise for the hyperbole of this and the previous post titles but it is aimed, toungue in cheek, at the US media. Don't get me wrong, the snow is bad, the south is not used to this kind of weather but the entire DC region came to a standstill for three days alll because of a foot or so of snow. Plus we have been busy getting ready to leave the USA so I've not had much time to get round to writing up the blog.
OK, back to Friday ... we got onboard the plane to Chicago only to be told that we were to be subject to a four hour delay due to low visibility at Chicago O'Hare. Fortunately the delay was reduced and we only just had time to finish watching a film on my laptop before we took off. When we arrived in Chicago there had been a light dusting of snow and it was bitterly cold so we hopped on the shuttle to the hotel. Unfortunatley we arrived too late to get any food from the restaurant so we had to make do with microwave pizza for dinner.
The next day we had a lazy morning in the suite watching England v Wales and then caught the L train downtown to go to the Art Institute where we saw American Gothic and Nighthawks amongst others. Afterwards we walked through the bitterly cold conditions down to Lake Michigan and quickly turned on our heels to get dinner at Pizzeria Uno for a Chicago pizza pie. The crust of the pie was crisp and the filling was deep but oddly tasteless which was odd with the restaurant being the home of the Chicago style pizza.
On Sunday we went past downtown to the Science and Industry museum and had fun watching a immersive film on cycling physiology, going down a coal mine, seeing a U-boat, planes, model railway and lots of fun stuff. We wrapped up the day by watching the superbowl in the hotel bar before heading back to our room to pack our bags yet again.
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