Chicago

So I've been back in the states for 3 weeks now, and 2 weeks ago Joe and I went to Chicago to visit family and friends. We flew up on Friday and after a delayed flight (thanks to no liquids being put into effect the day before) we arrived and had time only to have dinner and visit with family. On Saturday we went out to DeKalb, home of Northern Illinois University (our alma mater). The first photo shows the drive out, about an hour. We ate a late lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant (veggie everything!), and went around campus and town. We headed back to the suburbs, where we stopped at both Ikea (!) and the Japan festival at Mitsuwa market!


On Sunday we went down to the Field Museum to see the huge King Tut exhibition and spend the day downtown. The exhibition was fantastic (and very crowded), and we had a good time with my parents looking around other sections of the museum. The picture shows them in front of Sue, the most complete T-Rex ever found. We were also really excited to eat VEGGIE CHICAGO HOT DOGS in front of the museum. How cool is that?!?!? The weather was beautiful all weekend, and we had a great time walking around our hometown. :)