Chicago,Illinois,Blog 5

Day 1
Our group just came from New Orleans, Louisiana. We came out of the airport at 10:15. It was about 75 degrees so it felt really good when we got out of the airport. The price of the airplane ride was $656.00. The total price of the car we rented was $62.97. We drove around the city looking for a hotel to stay at for 3 days and 2 nights. We found one called the Howard Johnson Inn Downtown Chicago. It was a very nice hotel with very comfortable beds, seats waiting room, and service. The total amount of the hotel was $144.00 per day and we stayed there for 3 days so it was $432.00. Then it was about an hour since we came to Chicago so we went to eat breakfast at the Flatwater Restaurant. It was very beautiful in the outside and in the inside. Kevin got the Flat water Pancake Fuji Apples, Mascarpone-Cream Cheese for $12.00, Michael got the Spicy Eggs Benedict with Canidian Bacon, Poaced Eggs, Red Pepper Basil Hollandaise Sauce for $11.oo, Sammy got the Pancakes Your Way with Chocolate Chips, and Strawberries for $10.00, and Julian got the Lox with Norwegian Salmon, Cream Cheese, Onions, and Capers for $14.00. the total price of the restaurant was $47.00. We got out of the restaurant at 12:20 p.m. and were board s o we went to do some entertainment. We went to the Museum of Contemporary Art. There was a lot of very beautiful paintings and colorful stuff also. There was allot of things I never saw before in my life so when we left around 2:50 I was glad I went there. Luckily it was free so our group was happy about that. Then we were hungry so we went out and drove to look for somewhere to eat lunch. Julian found a place called the Giordano's . We got two medium pizza's for $13.65 x 2= $27.03 was our total amount for the restaurant. Then we were really full so we went and drove around the city to know it more. We saw a lot of restaurants, houses, stores, parks, places where you could have fun so we finally chose that we were going to the park to take a walk. We also played a little bit of basketball. It was Kevin and Michael v.s. Julian and Sammy. The final score was 25- 20 Kevin's team won. We didn't know what time it was. It felt 30 minutes or so but really it passed an hour and thirty minutes. We were thirsty and hungry so we went to eat dinner at the Thai Classic. Kevin got the Shrimp Pineapple Curry for $11.95, Michael got the Orchard Chicken for $8.95, Sammy got the Trio for $9.95, and Julian got Jeff's Catfish for $10.95. the total amount of the trip was $41.08. Then we back to the hotel and watched t.v. until we got sleepy.

Day 2

On the next day Kevin woke up first at 9:45 and he took a shower when he was done everybody woke up already. They got hungry so they went to eat breakfast at the Holiday Grill and Bar. Kevin got the Sausage Cheese Omelette for $5.75, Sammy got the Chop Steak and Eggs for $6.95, Julian got the Ham off the Bone and Egg for $4.95, and Michael got the Denver Cheese Omelette for $7.25. The total amount of the whole breakfast was $24.05. Then we were board so we went to a Chicago Bulls. We were thinking who they were playing with so we just watched t.v. We found out that they will play with the San Antonio Spurs. So we hurried to go buy tickets to watch the game. The tickets price was $60.00 per person and the total amount was $240.00. The final score was 88-98 the Chicago Bulls lost sadly against the Spurs. Then we were hungry so we went to find some lunch. We went to the Sugarplum Catering Restaurant. Kevin got the Chichen Caeser for $12.50, Julian got the Texas Cowboy Steak Salad for $15.95, Michael got the Roast Turkey and Monterery jack for $10.95, and Sammy got the Greek Chicken for $12.50. The total amount of the restaurant was $37.95. Then we went to take a walk in the mall called the Woodfield Mall. It was so big and beautiful it took us a while to look in the stores that looked good and to walk all over the mall. By the time we came out it was about 6.00p.m. We were hungry so we went to eat dinner. We ate dinner at a place called Glen's Diner. It very nice so we were glad we went there. Kevin and Sammy got the Baby Back Ribs for $16.95, Michael and Julian got the U-Pell-Em Shrimp for 16.95. The total amount that we spent was $66.18. Then we went back to the hotel to go to sleep. We couldn't go to sleep so we were watching t.v. Then we got sleepy except Michael. So while everybody was trying to go to sleep Michael was making a lot of noise so we slept around 11:25.

Day 3

We woke up like at 11:45 and we were hungry so we went to eat breakfast at the Orange Restaurant. Kevin got the Pancake Flight for $10.95, Sammy got the French Toast Cob Bob for $8.95, Michael got the Butter Milk Pancakes for $5.95, and Julian got the Popeye's Breakfast for $8.95. The total amount we spent was $34.08. Then hurried up to go to the airport to catch our flight to go to Nashville, Tennessee. By:Kevin