Last day in Chicago! After grabbing breakfast and then checking out of our hotel, we took the L one stop and came out along Michigan Avenue, also known as Magnificent Mile. Magnificent Mile is similar to Fifth Avenue, where all the ritzy hotels and designer shops are lined up down the street. As we walked towards the John Hancock Center, we also passed by many historic buildings along the way, including the Fourth Presbyterian Church and Water Tower Place. Once…
For day 2 of Chicago, we started the morning off by grabbing breakfast at the hotel, then we hopped on the L and transferred to a bus to take us to the Field Museum. As the bus started to approach the museum, I was shocked by its sheer size. It was humongous! Luckily we got there close to opening, so we had enough time to go through all the floors. The museum had a couple of special exhibits that were…
Back from my quick 3-day trip to Chicago! As usual, my sister and I ended up fitting too many things in our itinerary. Poor Tomomi must have learned the hard way how difficult it is to travel with us. =P Starting off our trip at Billy Bishop Airport, we took the ferry towards the terminal and waited in the Porter lounge until it was time for boarding. It was my first time flying via YTZ. Since it’s a lot smaller…
For our final day, we pretty much spent our time in transit. We only managed to catch a couple hours of sleep after returning from the aurora viewing, but we had no choice as we needed to catch our flight to Edmonton in the morning. In some ways I will miss this view from our hotel room. The airport in Yellowknife is pretty small, so it didn’t really take long to get checked in. Everyone pretty much had to wait…
Last full day in Yellowknife! After the slightly disappointing aurora viewing the night before, I dragged myself up from bed after a few hours of sleep and made breakfast. After grabbing all our gear, we got picked up at 12:30pm to begin our dogsled tour at Aurora Village. It was my first time doing a day tour with the company and it was definitely much more relaxing than the nighttime aurora viewings. We had a much smaller group, so it…