We safely avoided bad weather today by being on an early flight from Baltimore to Chicago. All went smoothly and we were quickly out of Midway Airport and onto the train headed toward downtown Chicago. We arrived at the hostel and dropped off our bags. We grabbed a quick lunch at Panera just across the street and then hopped on a bus on our $12 CTA Visitor Pass. We decided to buy a City Pass which got us a deal on 5 local attractions in Chicago.
Our first stop was to the Aquarium, which was huge and amazing. We ended up spending several more hours there than we thought we would. We managed to catch a few fish feedings and saw the dolphin show. The sea dragons, penguins, and Beluga whales (including a baby) were very cool.
After that we checked into the hostel which was very nice. We were in a 4 bedroom room with it's own bathroom. There were a few lounges and a huge kitchen and dining area at the hostel.
We were then off to the real reason for the Chicago trip...the Christkindlmarket. There were many German vendors at the market with lots of ornaments, food, and local wares to sell. They had a fun train display set up that was getting burried in snow (as were we). We grabbed our souvenier boot mugs filled with hot spiced wine (Gluhwein) and tried to stay warm while looking for some good chocolate and some German Christmas tree ornaments. After an hour or so we felt cold enough for the day and headed back to the hostel to warm up.
Boy did we warm up! The hostel was like an oven. Our room was hot like crazy and felt like things had cooled off by the time I checked the thermostat which said the room was 76!! It was not a good night for sleeping!
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