…Continued from yesterday: After the 7-hour Megabus trip from Columbus, ...from where we walked through the neighborhood, ...in truth, the IHSP has been progressively more run-down and less well-kept on each of our last few visits, and the WIFI was always terrible, so we decided to try someplace new. And we're glad we did. The Urban Holiday Lofts is located in Wicker Park on Wabansia Street next door to a beautiful little grocery store called Olivia's. ...or those with a fear of heights. The communal bathrooms out in the hall were also nice and clean, After we settled in we took a once around the hostel. The day room was on our floor. After our tour and a brief rest we put on our under armor - it was Chicago-in-December-freezing the whole time we were there - and headed back outside and began walking towards Logan Square, a neighborhood about a mile from Wicker Park, where our daughter Claire lives. The plan was that we'd start walking towards Logan Square and Claire would start walking towards Wicker Park and we'd meet somewhere around the middle. Which we did. While on the 606 we met up with Claire, who took us to a cute, funky, low-lit little local restaurant, Though the service was good and our meals attractively plated, the food got mixed reviews. After dinner Miguel and Claire pointed Tom and I in the direction of our hostel, then they walked their way and we walked ours, back to our room at the Urban Holiday Lofts where I discovered to my surprise and delight, To be continued...
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