Goodbye to Chicago

 After packing and checking out of the hotel. I left my luggage there and walked with M,  to the station to say a sad goodbye. We both realise that meeting up in a different country each year as we used to pre Covid days is not really feasible but hopefully we might both have one or two more long haul flights in us. So it was with a tear in my eye but a smile on my face as I waved goodbye listening to M singing at the top of her voice 'We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when......' as she disappeared down the escalator. 

My flight was an evening one so I had all day to wander and revisit various parts of Chicago.  The skyscrapers were covered in low cloud.

Lake Michigan

Frank Gehry concert arena. We missed out here as we hadn't realised it was Blues week with lots of free concerts! No idea how our radar missed that one.

 Lunch by the river.

Then it was back to the hotel to collect my luggage and off to the airport. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Chicago and St Louis. There was a lot to see and I was glad we spent over a week in the city. 

Where will my next adventure take me? Well next month it's a few days in Menorca, a small island off the coast of Spain and then later in the year I will be visiting Albania.