Chicago - Day 7

I had a nice gentle start to the day as I had slept very well. The day was bright and clear, and when I hit the street – very cold. The wind in the Windy City provides a hefty wind chill factor!
I had a walk down to Caribou Coffee and got myself a large latte.

My feet still ached like buggery (well I assume buggery aches or hurts in some way, but never having tried it I cannot speak with any knowledge or authority) and it felt like I had strained or pulled a muscle in my right shin. I put it down to all the walking, standing and foot tapping of the day before.

I had a limp down to Millennium Park again and sat and drank my coffee. It was also quite fun to watch the park security staff whizzing about on their little electric stand up scooters. I was also most impressed to see a paramedic patrolling on his push bike. Another thing I must mention is the cleanliness of Chicago in general. As there is at least one – usually two – litter bins (or trash cans) on every street corner (yes I do mean EVERY street corner) there is absolutely no excuse for littering, which is a disgusting and lazy practice and one which I would be quite happy for the police to use wildly excessive force in the enforcement of. Another point to note is that eating and drinking is prohibited on CTA trains (water seems to be an exception) so the carriages are not filled with partially eaten McMurders human waste (or equivalent) like some of the Underground trains I have been on. One thing you have to admire about the Yanks is their pride in their country and the care they take in and over their local neighbourhoods. I have noticed this everywhere I have been so far not just Chicago.

Having finished my coffee I decided to postpone my visit to the Museum of Science and Industry until tomorrow because:

1. Time had crept on and I wanted to be there as close to 10:00 (when all the museums seem to open) as possible
2. My feet still ached and my shin was causing me pain

I limped back to the hostel and proceeded to catch up on these blog entries and book my accommodation in and passage to New York.

I also took advantage of the “down time” to back up my laptop as I have quite a lot of photographs stored on it now as well as these slices of literary delight (yes, I am taking the piss).
I limped round to the bar/restaurant which seems to have become my “local” for some food – B&B on State Street – and then decided to have an early night and rest my poor aching limbs.

Tomorrow I will be refreshed and attempt to get my feet aching again.