Chicago Trip 2003
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Chicago/2003
August 30-September 3,2003
Saturday
We arrived to Chicago early on Saturday and after dropping our luggage at the hotel, we went out to eat lunch. We were looking for something fast and simple to eat. We ended up going to Rosebud's, a very cool and fancy Italian place. After that, we walked a little in the Magnificent Mile (Michigan Ave) and around the Hancock building.
Llegamos a Chicago el sábado temprano y después de aventar las maletas en el hotel, nos fuimos a buscar dónde comer lunch; terminamos en un lugar llamado Rosebuds, un restaurant italiano muy rico. Después del lunch caminamos por la avenida Michigan, donde hay muchas tiendas. Abajo está una foto del edificio Hancock, el favorito de Héctor.
For dinner, we went out with our friends Federico and Anna, who live in Chicago. We went to the same place they took us to last time we were there: El Iberico, a Spanish restaurant. In there, we ordered several tapas and sangria and tried a little bit of everything. Federico and Anna brought along an Aussie friend, what what his name?... After dinner we took him to his place and went to Federico and Anna's new apartment, where we had coffee and Russian chocolates.
Salimos a cenar con nuestros amigos Federico y Anna, que viven en Chicago. Fuimos al mismo lugar al que nos llevaron la otra vez: El Ibérico, un restaurante español donde ordenamos platillos chicos llamados tapas, que compartimos entre todos y tomamos sangría. Después de la cena fuimos a su depa a tomar café con chocolares rusos (Anna es de Rusia)
Sunday
On Sunday we went to the Art Institute and spent there a few hours. At the end, we stopped in the museum store and did some shopping there. When we left it was raining. We ran to a coffee shop waiting for it to stop with no luck. From there we took a bus to the Water Tower.
El domingo fuimos al insituto de arte, donde pasamos parte del día. Al salir estaba lloviendo, así que hicimos tiempo en un café, pero la lluvia no paró y tuvimos que mojarnos.
In the afternoon, we walked to Marina City. The two towers that look like corn on the cob. It was windy and rainy. We bought and umbrella, which turned inside out just in time to make it to the picture (but it was so dark that it is not noticeable.)
En la tarde caminamos hacia las torres de la Marina; las dos torres parecen elotes. Estuvo lloviendo y venteando mucho (por algo le dicen a Chicago la ciudad del viento).
We had dinner at Gino's pizza. This is the same place that we went two years ago. The line to get in to the restaurant was as long as last time, but this time we knew that we could get to the bar and order from there. That's a trick for the locals :)
Cenamos en la pizzería Gino, a donde fuimos hace casi dos años. Las pizzas estilo Chicago son super gordas, así que ocupamos unas chelas para bajarnoslas.
Monday
Monday was Labor Day. There were supposed to be lots of festivals and things to do that day. However, it was raining and a lot of outdoor activities were canceled. We spent the morning running from one shop to another looking for shelter from the rain. We actually went to Shabby Chick.
At night we went out with Federico and Anna. They drove us around the city, and took us to see different neighborhoods of Chicago (Italian, Greek, Mexican, Asian, Gay.) We also saw the famous Wrigley Stadium where the Chicago Cubs play. We had dinner on a Mexican restaurant.
El lunes fue día del trabajo, y aunque se suponía que habría muchos festivales y cosas por hacer al aire libre, se cancelaron con la lluvia, que no paró en todo el día. Nosotros nos la pasamos corriendo de un café a una librería todo el día.
En la noche salimos con Federico y Ana a cenar. Nos llevaron a dar la vuelta por diferentes barrios de la ciudad. Vimos el barrio italiano, griego, mexicano, asiático y gay. Comimos taquitos en un restaurante mexicano.
Tuesday
On Tuesday we walked from the hotel to downtown, to see where Hector's presentation was going to be. That day we took pictures of some of the beautiful buildings that are around the downtown area.
El martes caminamos del hotel al centro, a ver donde iba a ser la conferencia de Hector en la tarde. Tomamos fotos de muchos edificios viejos y preciosos de la ciudad.
The Rookery Building
We went back to the hotel and got ready for Hector's presentation. The presentation was in the evening and went very well.
Regresamos al hotel a alistarnos para la presentación de Hector, la cual estuvo muy bien.
Hector's presentation was in this building
We went for dinner to a (yet another) Spanish restaurant. Had more tapas, sangrias, and dessert and went back to bed happy as clams.
Después de la presentación de Héctor nos fuimos a otro restaurante español que quedaba cerca del hotel donde ordenamos tapas, sangría y postres.
Wednesday
Wednesday morning we packed and flew to Seattle. See
Seattle Trip 2003
El miércoles en la mañana volamos a Seattle.
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