Doing The Chicago Christmas Things, Part 2

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​DOING THE CHICAGO CHRISTMAS THINGS, PART 2

...Continued from yesterday:
     ​The following morning, Monday morning, our daughter Claire rode a Divvy bike the five miles from her house to our hotel, Divvy being the Chicago bike-sharing system whereby one can one can pick up a bike at one bike station and return it to another, there being Divvy bike stations all over the city.

       After Claire met us at our hotel we walked several blocks through downtown Chicago,

...to a cute little eatery on Lake Shore Drive called Kanela Breakfast Club,

...where Tom and I had some very good bacon and eggs,

...and Claire had a veggie omelet,

...and some interesting-looking veggie bacon, which she also very proclaimed very good good.

       After breakfast we walked to Michigan Avenue,

...across the Chicago river,

...then we walked through town,

...to the Christkindlmarket, a German Christmas market held annually in Daley Plaza,

...which was quite crowded even at 11:30 am on a Monday morning.

      After we'd made the rounds of the Christkindlmarket we walked across the street to Macy's, which was festively decked out  for the holidays, inside and out.

      From Macy's we walked to the Blue Line train,

...which we rode back to Claire's stop, from which we walked to her house.

      That evening we drove back downtown,

...to my favorite of all favorite Chicago pizza places, Pizano's,.

...where the deep dish, thin crust Chicago-style pizza was a sublime as ever.

      Then for Tom and me it was back to the Aloft,

...and our cute but creepy little traveling robot friend.

     The following morning, Tuesday morning, Claire drove over to the Aloft and picked us up.

      She then drove us back to her neighborhood where we had breakfast at another of our favorite Chicago breakfast spots, the Cozy Corner,

...which is, in fact, a very cozy corner,

...with retro decor,

...and great food.

     After breakfast we ran errands,

     We spent the rest of the day at Claire's house with the kitties..

      When dinner time rolled around we went to a nearby burger place called Small Cheval,

...for some yummy take-out.

      The next morning, Wednesday, December 14,  at 5:30 am, Tom and I were out in the rain at the bus stop around the corner from our hotel,

...(though fortunately the bus stop offered a shelter),

...and soon were on our way to the Blue Line train stop where we caught the train to O'Hare.

    A few hours later we were back home in Columbus.