Friday, February 19, 2010

Simon's Chicago Adventure

Time to settle in for the long haul (about 5 hours). Fortunately, AMTRAK gives you MUCH more room than English trains:


Three episodes of "Life On Mars" and a dead laptop battery later: The Windy City! The City of the Broad Shoulders! No, not Gary, Indiana, the other one:


I have to say, Union Station looks a lot better on the outside than on the inside. Pulling in to a platform is like getting stuck in a tunnel. Not exactly welcoming:


They've got some tall buildings here, I don't know if you knew:


And here we are: the APA Central's permanent home, it seems.

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