My body's not got used to the time change, so I was awake at 5.30 this morning. I couldnt get back to sleep so I just had a shower and listened to some music. About 7am I had to start making my way out to do some shopping. I got the "El" downtown which is about 40 minutes away, and then walked to Union Station. I was astounded by how beautiful a buil
ding this is. I only managed to get one picture today, but when I go sight seeing on Monday and Tuesday I hope to get a few of the Great Hall. There was some kind of incident next to the station and the road was closed. As I went into the station there a helicopter landing so it looked like an accident.I just managed to catch the Metra train to Aurora. Trains over here are like nothing Ive seen before. They're big, silver and have stairs inside. I took a photo (below), which may explain better than I can. Im on the top floor and underneath that ladder thing is the ground floor. Its a bit like a double decker bus but without a floor between!! The ticket inspector then just walks along the bottom and you dangle your ticket over the side. One cool thing is that once hes checked your ticket he puts a little
card on a clip next to your seat to say that you have a valid ticket in case another inspector gets on. Oh and the best part is that the seats are reversable so you dont have to face the opposite way to which you are travelling.I was only at the outlet mall for about an hour. I knew what I wanted and it was quiet so I zipped round. That left me plenty of time to come back to Chicago and get the bus to the shopping mall for my trainers. I now have everything I wanted to buy while I was here. Just my sight seeing to do and I have all of Monday and Tuesday to do this. Anyway, Im going to "dress for dinner", so Ill update you at my next point of interest.
Matt
