Hop-On Hop-Off Tour: Random Shots from the Trolley

Like I mentioned, there are 13 stops you can get on or off on the tour. We only ended up visiting 3 of the spots but we did drive by almost all of them so we got to at least see everything on the tour and hear about them via the tour guides. We also got some nice pictures.

The first stop of the tour at the point that we got on the bus was actually the Art Institute. I've been here a million and one times so we didn't really do anything with it other than take a picture.

Um, just more love. And I like this picture. Sun can do that to you. And a really strong and loving relationship.


Foots! Actually it was legs. But we love to say foots (inside joke on that one). The art piece is actually a really cool sculpture exhibit by Magdalena Abakanowicz called Agora. It's 106 iron leg sculptures in Grant Park.


The Chicago River is a focal point of the city. The tour goes over and around it about a million times. We were lucky to pass right by the Centennial Fountain. It sprays for 10 minutes at the top of every hour. It was lovely.

We drove by the Field Museum (Natural History) which was pretty cool. They had a special exhibit on pirates...to which I can only say ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

We also drove by Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium. They sit right on the water. Wish we would have had time to explore them. Guess we'll just have to visit again real soon!

Lots of lovely outdoor places in Chicago. This is Buckingham Fountain which is in the park where Obama gave his victory speech on Election Day!

At one point they made us switch from the lovely trolley we were riding on to this hot musty double decker bus. Sadly the top was full so we had to sit in the yucky downstairs. Luckily we were getting off at the next stop so we didn't have to stay too long. And luckily one of the most fantastically awful mullets in the world was sitting in front of us. And luckily my girlfriend is super sneaky with the camera and took a picture of it!


Next stop was the Wrigley Building and Chicago Tribune. There is a giant American Gothic sculpture in the plaza where the stop was. It was even creepier than the actual paining. I felt like old lady was about to come alive and grab the pitchfork and stab me. Thankfully it was a short-ish stop.

There are lots of bridges in Chicago, so several times during the tour our tour guide would say "Stay sitting or you might lose your head!" or something crafty. It was pretty close but we left with all the body parts we left with!