Site Seeing

     The opportunities I had in Chicago were unbelievable! I mever thought I would be lucky enough to do as much as I did. I got to go shopping a lot which is nice for a teenage girl. The most impressive place to shop was probably the water tower. There were seven total floors purely of stores. And they were often expensive!! Then again, when you aren't in a small town, when are things inexpensive?

     There are plenty of other things to do than shopping. My family is personally big into animals. Therefore, we decided to go to the Shed Aquarium. It was amazing how many different things there were to see in there! For me, the most impressive was the anaconda. It was over twice my size in width. With that giant snake being rather impressive, there were a lot of other very cool animals to see. If I had to choose an exhibit, my favorite probably would have been the ocean exhibit due to the fact that there were beluga whales as well as otters and sea lions that did tricks. Something that I found cool was the penguin exhibit because it is currently mating season. I was able to see a mother and father penguin guarding their egg as well as two penguins choosing their mate by singing. It had me in awe.

      One other place I find worth mentioning is the Navy Pier. All my grandma did was talk about how cool it was and how there were so many cute little shops. Well, this time it wasnt necessarily the case. Not only was it raining, but there was a butt load of construction going on. It made the trip there go not very swimmingly. My sister got very excited to go on the ferris wheel as well as the flying swings, but due to the rain, the rides were nit running. This especially sucked because we had already bought our tickets for the rides online and there were no refunds. I believe that there should be refunds for those type of things because no one can truly predict what the weather is going to be like and a lot of people end up wasting their money that they might need for something else.

     I may sound like a debby downer but it's true. Prices in Chicago are extremely expensive. The only reason they are that way is because the retail sales people take advantage of the tourists. It's rather upsetting, but I guess that's the way the cookie has to crumble. The point being is that sometimes you have to be willing to spend a little more to have key moments in your life. In the end, it is all worth it.

Spending quality time
~Hangin' from a clothesline