September 28, 2015

We woke up in Union, Illinois. We got ready then drove into Chicago. We first drove under the L. It was really cool driving around Chicago. I loved looking up at all the tall buildings. We saw a building that for the roof it was a steep slant. It’s very dangerous that it’s at a slant because in the winter snow piles up on it and then big ice sheets fall on the intersection. After driving around a little bit we found a parking spot. We had to go up 12 floors to find a parking spot.

The first activity we did was the Willis tower. We went up the elevator which was really fast! When we got to the top we went in the cubes that hang over the road 108 floors down. My dad was freaking out. It was a little scary at first. It was so cool! We got some pictures then went to go look at the gift shop. We went down the elevator to go look at more things.

After looking at the amazing Willis tower, we went to go eat at Giordano’s which is a super good pizza place. We wanted to get the bus tour so we went to go get tickets. We started talking to someone to get the tickets but then the other people who work at the other company tried to get us to get their tickets so then they kept changing the prices back and forth. We finally decided one of them.

When we got on the bus we stopped at the bean and got off. It was really cool. I got some pictures of the bean then I walked under it. It looked so confusing. It gave me a headache. We got back on the bus and the bus went to the lakeside off Chicago. It was really windy on the lakeside but we got to see Lake Michigan. It was amazing!

Then we drove up to Wisconsin. To get a keychain and to get a picture by the Wisconsin sign.

My favorite part about the whole day was the Willis tower because I thought it was really cool going into the cubes. A cool fact I learned was that the Willis tower was first called the Sears Tower but then Sears sold it and the new owners named it the Willis tower.

-Greta