Sunday, April 24, 2011

View from the top -- Chicago -- Vue du haut

(le texte français suit)

Just before dinner tIme tonite we headed to the John Hancock building to see if we could get to the observatory on the 94th floor...yesterday the waiting line was 1 hour 45 minutes...today the line at 6 PM was 0 minutes...here are some of the shots...




















































Ce soir, nous nous sommes rendus au 94ième étage de l'édifice John Hancock...hier la fIle d'attente était de 1 heure 45 minutes..ce soir, zéro minutes...

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad


Chicago Architecture -- Architecture de Chicago

(le texte français suit)

This morning we took the Architecture River Cruise...it was very interesting and definitely not boring...the architecture in Chicago is an attraction in itself...at every turn on the river we saw something different...























Ce matin, nous avons fait une croisière sur la rivière Chicago...quel spectacle...l'architecture est tout simplement impressionante.


Chicago Walkabout - Chicago à pied

(le texte français suit)

Spent the day yesterday walking all over downtown Chicago...architecture is quite impressive...the walking was good as we were able to burn the calories from the deep dish pizza from the night before at Giordano's...










































Hier, nous avons marcher toute la journée dans le centre ville de Chicago. L'architecture est impressionnante...la marche a fait beaucoup de bien car il y avait beaucoup de calories à bruler venant de la fameuse "deep dish" pizza de Chicago de la veille.