Chicago! Day 1

So Friday the 20th was the big day! We were off! Then we turned around because I forgot my sunglasses. And we were off again! The drive wasn't too eventful. I was shocked to see some fields in Wisconsin had standing water in them. We stopped for lunch in Janesville, WI about 1pm. When we started hitting traffic, and air planes started descending over the highway I knew we were getting close. Jay's cousin, Kevin, called to make sure we weren't lost! When we finally pulled up to the apartment, Kevin and his boyfriend Les, came out to greet us and help us with our bags. We got settled and talked for a little bit before we headed downtown to get authentic Chicago deep-dish stuffed pizza!
We took the bus downtown and Jay and I pretty much stared out the window the whole trip! We headed to Giordano's and found out the wait was one hour!

Well Kevin ran in and got our name on the list. He said we should come back in half an hour to put our order in. To kill time we ran up and down the "Miracle Mile." We saw places like the Wrigley Building, the new Trump Building, the Tribune Building, and the Apple store!
We headed back to Giordano's to put our order in. We ordered a large meat pizza, and we only had to wait another five or ten minutes to get a table. We ordered an appetizer, talked, and waited for the pizza to show up. I was a little amazed when the pizza arrived! It was about 16" in diameter and 2" thick! Each of us was full after one slice each!
Afterwords, we decided to try and walk off some of dinner, so we would up heading out by the lake front (I could see the ferris wheel out on Navy Pier). At that point it was getting dark so we headed back to the bus stop, then back to Kevin and Les' apartment to get ready for the next day!