Millenium Park and the Silver Bean

One of the first days in our new area was spent taking a train ride from Naperville into the city and exploring for the day. The train was such a great adventure for Ellie. It's a double decker so we sat on the top to ensure the best view for our trip. It took about an hour on a Saturday because they stop at every station. Weekdays are different. They stop at two spots and then zoom into the city.

We walked all over the place and spent a good deal of time at Millenium Park where there is this giant, silver, bean-shaped thing. When you look at it from the front (top picture) you can see the reflection of all of the surrounding buildings in it. It's really cool. Then when you get close you can see your own reflection at different angles. It's a very unique sight.

There is also a place where tons of children converge to play in the puddles of two big "buildings" which are acutally fountains. Ellie loved this.
This is one of the Crown Fountains in Millennium Park, Chicago. The red glow in this photo is from that large image! The person pictured smiles and changes expression every few seconds, and the face changes on a regular basis.

From there we walked over to Pizanos (one of the best pizza places in town) to experience "Chicago-style" pizza. Ellie was very interested in trying this. It's basically deep dish with kind of a sourdough crust. When she first saw it she wasn't sure she wanted to try it, but when she did she LOVED it. It really was great. The cheese was the best part. I don't know what it was, but it was something special. I wish I had more photos of the day, but my camera hadn't been charged in about a month and those bean pictures were the last ones until we found our dock.