We began our second day in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry. This is the best museum of its type that I've ever been to. There were so many exhibits, and almost everything was interactive. We spent a large amount of time in the Storm Science (weather) exhibit. We also visited the transportation, wearable tech, genetics, and numbers exhibits. One of the coolest things in the museum was a German U505 submarine. We enjoyed that exhibit as well. After more than four hours at the museum, we decided to leave because I wanted to visit the Art Institue and I was worried we wouldn't have enough time there. Well, the kids did not want to leave the science museum. We had to practically drag them out.
We made it to the Art Institute in plenty of time to check it out. I am pretty much the only one in the family who wants to see the art, but Brian and the kids are usually pretty good about sticking it out in the art museum with me (with minimal complaining). I had some very specific pieces that I wanted to see, and I was able to see them all. So, it was a successful visit.
Next to the Art Institute was Millineum Park. We walked over to see the famous "Cloud Gate" (aka The Bean). We did the typical tourist thing and took a bazillion pictures here and then returned to our motel for a short rest.
That evening we went out for some deep dish at Lou Malnati's. It was pretty good. Olivia ate more than the rest of us. Turns out she really likes deep dish.
My favorite part of the trip- we saw Hamilton! So, I knew everyone likes this play but oh. my. goodness. It was so good. I'm now obsessed. Like, sitting at home listening to the soundtrack all the time obsessed. Brian never ever ever goes to the theater with us, and even he wanted to see this play. And he loved it. We all did- perfect way to spend our last night in the city.
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