I traveled to Indiana to my friend Monica's and spent the night. I'm on vacation! Woo hoo!
monday, july 3
Monica and I took the train to Chicago. We ate lunch at Giordano's Pizza in Hyde Park. Then we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. Then we took the Metra to Randolph Street and walked to Navy Pier. We saw the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows. If you ever have a chance to see it, do. It's free.

We walked back to the train via the bike trail below Lake Shore Drive and Millenium Park, and we grabbed Baja Fresh to eat on the train. Then we stayed at Monica's house again that night.
tuesday, july 4
We left for Grand Rapids to visit our friend, Robin. We ate lunch at Max & Erma's, then we headed to Robin's and saw her new house.


We ate supper with Robin's sister, Beth, at Pizza Hut, and then we went to Robin's building downtown and watched the fireworks from her seventh floor balcony. We were right by the Grand River and was the display was quite impressive. So were the bugs.
wednesday, july 5
Monica and I left Robin to go to work and made our way to our hotel, a Holiday Inn with a Holidome in Holland, MI. After checking in, we went to downtown Holland, which is a quaint downtown with lots of shops, parks, and a farmer's market. We ate at the 8th Street Grille, then walked around the shops.

thursday, july 6
Monica and I ate breakfast in the Calypso Restaurant at our hotel. Let me tell you, the decor makes you feel just like you're in Aruba.
We went to Windmill Island and paid $7. But we did see cool candlemaking and tour the only windmill from the Netherlands in America.
For lupper, we went to Pietro's. I highly recommend it.


friday, july 7
We went to Saugatuck for some shopping and ate at Phil's. I had a chicken sandwich with green peppers, artichokes, feta cheese and pesto. I had never had anything like it; it was very tasty.
Later, we came back to Holland and went to Holland State Park Beach. We agreed that we liked Tunnel Park better.
We ate dinner at Curragh's Irish Pub in Holland. I had a very good pot roast.
Lydia came from Detroit and we watched the sunset (sort of) at Tunnel Park. It's really cool because you're way above it and looking out over the lake. After, we went to Ben & Jerry's.
1 comment:
Cindy and I were in Chicago a few years ago and took an evening cruise from the Navy Pier...what a fantastic way to see the city's skyline. It's like a line of 5-6 Clevelands in a row!
Sounds like you had a good time!
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