Laowai

Paris on the Prairie – that’s what Daniel Burnham, visionary behind Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, nicknamed The Plan of Chicago.

We took the girls and Bea’s best friend Mabel down to the city to do the excellent Chicago Architecture Foundation river tour on Thursday. I’ve been on the tour a few time and each time I just eat it up. Floating along the river is like seeing a museum of skyscrapers – skyscrapers of every age and style. I took lots of photos!

After the tour we got a cold drink and walked to the Adler Planetarium. It was hot – we almost melted!

So glad we got to be tourists close to home before our big move. My mind is emotional this week because we are saying good-bye to everything and everyone. I should gather my thoughts and put them down but that would just make me cry.