We saw Segway tours. A group of people were being taught how to ride them in Millenium Park, and later we saw them hooning down the footpath. You can also hire bikes, but we just walked miles on foot, and we have the aching muscles today to prove it!
The other thing was that we were duped by a black woman at the bean who welcomed us to the park, said she was a tour guide, offered to take a picture of us both beside the bean, then held up a tatty piece of paper and asked for a $5 donation to support battered women. We figured getting a photo of the two of us together was worth a couple of dollars, but not five!
Well, my Koru Club card came in very handy at the airport, getting us into a priority queue (with no people in it) to get our tickets, and then into United's red carpet lounge. One of the customer services people said ooh I have never seen a card like that, but the other one said yes he had, it's from n zee.
The flight was pretty good, Graham survived it OK, we flew in a 757 so now Graham has flown in all of the Boeings from 727 to 767, and we fly on a 777 on the way home. The approach into Ronald Reagan airport took us right over the White House and the Lincoln memorial.
We took a train into Chinatown, in the centre of town and somehow ended up in a Japanese restaurant that serves English beer! That white blob at the bottom of my glass of sparkling wine is a lychee. Tastes very nice actually. And free wifi too!
;-) Ann-a-Gram
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