Valerie and I have been to Chicago before, so we chose to skip some of the touristic hotspots (e.g. Millennium Park, Willis Tower). On our first day, we started the day by eating a delicious lunch at The Purple Pig. After finishing our meal, we did some quick shopping at Walgreens in the Wrigley Building to pick up some supplies that we had failed to pack.

This time in Chicago, we decided to see the musical The Book of Mormon. There were still a few hours until our show, so we walked along State Street for a while and eventually ended up at the Money Museum at the Chicago Fed. The museum was small, but free. They gave out small bags of shredded money as free souvenirs. Eventually, we made our way to the Bank of America theatre for the show. I really enjoyed The Book of Mormon. The songs were memorable, the plot was well-paced, and there were several good laughs. After the play, we quickly walked to Lou Malnatti’s for some deep dish pizza before retiring to our hotel for the night.

On our second day, we decided to visit the Museum of Science and Industry. After packing up our stuff and leaving our bags with the bell staff, we took a ~45 minute bus ride along the lake shore to the museum. The museum is enormous and worthwhile. Valerie was particularly impressed by their exhibit featuring a walkthrough of an actual captured German U-boat.
Eventually, we needed to head back to catch our train out of town. After getting back to the hotel, we picked up a pizza from Gino’s East next door, grabbed our bags, and took a bus to Union Station to board our train to Washington, DC.