Chicago Diaries

First things first. 

Apply a thick layer of moisturizer on all your exposed body parts, wear a windcheater, show-off your best sunglasses and grab some water: This is Chicago, folks - 'The Windy City': dries and dehydrates you before you realize. 

Trust me, no other place lives up-to the expectations of its name as this one. 

So, what's the first thing people will tell you to do when you're here?

Go to the top of the once world's once tallest building and enjoy the view. 

Ask me and i'll tell you, don't follow the cliche. It's not just worth it. 

After spending almost 3-4 hours on queue before reaching the top in 40 damn seconds, allowed only a couple of minutes on the glass floor on the top, it's not worth 20$ and 5 hours of your precious holiday time. Having said that, i however committed it and that's the view from the top. 

 The more better options would rather be to stroll along the river-walk or on the beach overlying lake michigan. For the outdoor lovers, nothing could beat the warm sunshine, blue waters and cool breeze on the banks of lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan is the Windy City's eternal lover, always besides.

To take even better views of the windy city, i'd also recommend visiting the Adler planetarium and having a fine dining at  the restaurant on the topmost floor of Hancock tower in downtown Chicago.

It'd be an injustice if i ended this blog here because there's much more to this beautiful city than what i've just shared and i'd be adding more in the times to come.