Oh, the Windy City!

The view from our hotel room!

I was so excited to visit Chicago. Although I had been to New York before, I had not traveled to a large city in a long time, and never with my family. So when my husband and I headed for the big city with my brother and sister-in-law, we were very excited.
With a few bucket-list type items, we made our plans! First we had all decided that we had to get some Chicago style deep dish pizza. The first restaurant we headed to was Giordano's. They are famous for their authentic deep dish pizza and we were not going to be disappointed. We checked into the hotel, and bundled up in our winter attire and navigated our way through the cold snowy city. At the restaurant we waited for about an hour to be seated and then we dug into some deliciously thick and cheesy pizza!

The view from the 95th floor during the snow!

We walked around downtown during a lot of our trip and we went to the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Tower. This is not for the weak of heart nor is it for those that fear heights. That many stories in the air, you have to be alright with heights to make it. Unfortunately, our view was blocked by the amount of snow falling down. It was still

The lounge downstairs at our hotel! 

 beautiful and outrageously high though!



The next place we visited was the The Second City Comedy Club, where we enjoyed our dinner with a hilarious show. The city was a wonderful adventure, and because we went near Christmas, we also got to walk around the Kris Kringle Holiday Market, this was a german market full of different crafts, gifts and all sorts of interesting beers and foods. We had a wonderful trip walking around the market looking at all of the different offerings.



Then we headed back to our hotel, which in the downstairs restaurant area, they had a lounge that was interesting to visit while having some after dinner drinks. I enjoyed visiting Chicago with my family so much! I cannot wait to go again. This time, although, I may try to travel when it is a little bit warmer. Visited the Windy City, but never seen the Big Apple? Read about come cool places to visit while in NY here!!