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| Chicago Theater on State Street and Wit Hotel Just Beyond |
Arriving Chicago and Riding Amtrak's Hiawatha
Was up early this morning 3:30 am in Nashville and headed to Nashville International to catch a 7:36 am American Airlines flight to Chicago O'Hare. Everything operated smoothly and I was at The Wit Hotel in Chicago by just after 10 am and my room was ready for occupancy. Just as soon as I was settled in I took the Elevated Loop train to near Amtrak's Union Station. I changed my Hiawatha reservation from 3 pm to 1 pm. Enjoyed the 1 and 1/2 hour train ride to Milwaukee and got right back on and was back in Chicago by 4:30 pm, By the way, the Hiawatha is a 6 coach car train with engines at both ends so that the trip to and from Milwaukee is "push and pull".
After getting back to Union Station I decided to walk back to my hotel and enjoyed the walk. The first part of my walk was pretty hectic facing the "mob' race walking to the station to catch Metra commuter trains. Ate dinner at The Noodle Shop on Michigan Avenue.
Below are photos taken on my train ride and of The Wit Hotel including the view from my sixteenth floor room of Chicago River and State Street North.
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| Amtrak's Hiawatha arriving Chicago |
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| Me, Reagan, on board the Hiawatha |
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| View from the Hiawatha in Milwaukee |
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| Hiawatha in station in Milwaukee |
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| And now Hiawatha back in Chicago |
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| Entrance to The Wit Hotel on State Street |
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| View from my room at The Wit of Chicago River and State Street |
You can click on any of the small photos in this blog to open a full size photo.
All my photos are available to view on Reagan's Photo Galleries website.
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