Inside the "Silver Bean" Millenium Park, Chicago
Chicago by night... Don't you think it looks like Singapore River?
Navy Pier, Chicago. Singapore also wants to build a Ferris Wheel like this. Hmm... so much for originality!
Breakfast at Lou Mitchell's. Highly Recommended to any visitor to Chicago! It promotes itself as the "World's most wonderful breakfast." Well, the breakfast is really yummy!
Art Institute of Chicago
After a weekend in Chicago, we drove up north to Ann Arbor, Michigan (also approx 4 hours).
At a micro-brewery in Ann Arbor. This is a place where they brew their own beer!
Streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is a really small, quiet town! I think I'll be bored staying there! If I stay there, I might just become a hermit...
University of Michigan, School of Social Work!
Subsequently from Ann Arbor, Michigan, we drove into Canada to Niagara Falls....
Maid of the Mist. This is a boat ride that brings you near the foot of Niagara Falls. I didn't get to do this during the winter. So at least I'm glad I came back to do this! An advice for visitors to Niagara Falls, do all your tourist thingy on the American side. It's much cheaper!
Also, on this trip, I wish that they didn't develop the Niagara Falls area to what it is today. I just thought that it's rather commercialized. Somehow with the casinos, hotels in the region, it loses the majestic feel of the power of this great falls...
From Niagara Falls to Cuyahoga Valley, Cleveland, Ohio...
Brandywine Falls. I thought I enjoyed this much more than Niagara Falls. From Buffalo (USA), we drove to Cuyahoga Valley where we stayed in this national park. From our lodging, we did a simple 30-40 mins walk to Brandywine Falls.
Our new friends made at the lodging...
And finally, we ended back in Chicago with our new friends. Doing something really American! Watching baseball. The Chicago White Sox!
