Impressions of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

O’Hare International airport ( the sixth busiest worldwide) is inconveniently nearly 20 miles from Downtown.

A journey that is made harder by major roadworks which will last until 2025 according to our taxi driver! It’s not cheap either costing us 60 dollars to our hotel!

To be fair you can hop on the blue line for just 5 bucks each but we like to remain fairly inconspicuous when travelling and thus avoid any chances of crime being perpetrated upon us. Given our two large and one medium suitcase that wasn’t going to be possible.

Crossing over the railway soon becomes a walking habit and when you’re not doing that you are walking across the river! The Chicago River runs through the city of Chicago, starting 40 miles north of the downtown loop area and connecting into Lake Michigan. It adds another dimension to the city that I’d not expected.

We often saw people get on at one bus stop and then jump off two stops later. One bus stop is about one block which is 220 yards.

As part of the “Welcome to Chicago and our hotel” the receptionist told us to get a 5 day transport pass because “you’ll be getting buses everywhere!”. We averaged just over 5 miles a day and only used the bus when we needed to go to Lincoln Zoo in the north and the Museum of Science in the south.. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).