The Big (Scary) City

Okay, both Peter and I found out that we are definitely NOT the big city type. Shortly after arriving in downtown Chicago, we thought we would venture out to find a quick bite to eat and then head to the game. When we exited our hotel, we quickly felt overwhelmed by all of the people on the sidewalk, sirens blaring, and not having a clue where we were going. We were too scared to stop and try to figure out where we wanted to eat because we didn't want to hold up the people behind us. We found a little Italian restaurant and quietly shared a panini. We then had to return to our hotel because we forgot the tickets to the game. We had to take the "L" (the train) to the game, and that completely freaked us out. We had to go up these old, rusty stairs to get to the platform to buy our tickets. It looked like we were going to jail. We fumbled around figuring out how to buy our train tickets and then put our tickets in the wrong way while the attendant gave us advice about how to get through the gate. The ride to the game was crowded and bumpy; we weren't quite sure we would get there alive, but we did. We hiked up to the upper deck of the stadium and sat down 1 minute before the game started. It took us until the 4th inning to actually relax and enjoy a little baseball. We left in the middle of the 7th inning so that we could avoid the massive crowd on the train. We actually got off at the right stop and quickly rushed to our hotel to buy a glass of wine and a bottle of beer and hide away in our room. We had some good laughs and now are actually able to relax and enjoy ourselves! We might even venture out in the morning to see the Picasso sculpture which is a couple of blocks away from our hotel room. Earlier today we enjoyed some custard as we headed out of Milwaukee. We took a tour of the Jelly Belly factory on our way to Chicago which was pretty interesting. We're off to Detroit tomorrow to stay with Peter's brother - it will be great to see some familiar faces!