Michigan Avenue looking north 
Michigan Avenue looking south
Giordano's restaurant where pizza is a major meal
The "Bean" in Millennium Park -Art?Today we played tourists, and walked along Michigan Avenue and Grant Park, through the fairly new Millennium Park with its many large works of art, including "The Bean", gardens, etc. We also had lunch at "Giordanos'", a restaurant famous for its stuffed pizza. Pat ordered a small thin-crust pizza, but it turned out to be thicker than any pizza we ever had in New Jersey. George ordered a small stuffed pizza, and was glad he didn't order a larger one. We took Pat's left-overs back to the boat for later.
"Reflection" turned out to be one of the major tourist attractions along the wall here that is adjacent to the Lake's walk-way. Many people have stopped and taken their picture next to the boat, and made wonderful comments about how nice she looks. There is a lot of activity here today, because tomorrow the Chicago Triathlon will be held right here and we will have a ring-side seat! 9,500 people will swim, bike, and then run the course. Many have been out here running and biking today. They will start bringing their bikes to the staging area near us between 4:10 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. It should be a great experience to see!
"Reflection" turned out to be one of the major tourist attractions along the wall here that is adjacent to the Lake's walk-way. Many people have stopped and taken their picture next to the boat, and made wonderful comments about how nice she looks. There is a lot of activity here today, because tomorrow the Chicago Triathlon will be held right here and we will have a ring-side seat! 9,500 people will swim, bike, and then run the course. Many have been out here running and biking today. They will start bringing their bikes to the staging area near us between 4:10 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. It should be a great experience to see!
Can't wait to read about what 9500 athletes starting a triathon looks like. I did IronMan Lake Placid 5 weeks ago, my 9th triathlon but first IronMan. The shorter ones do wave starts 25-40 per wave, but the IronMan does one start for 2200-2500 athletes. Chicago handled 45000 runners when I did the marathon last October, so I'm sure they can do it. 9500 triathletes though, wow! That's going to take a liitle while. Bon Voyage! Hope to see you in the Keys! Jamie
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