Hometown of the skyscrapers

Last weekend Markus and I (Linda) set off to explore the big wide US-world and we picked out Chicago as the first travel-experience (no chance: a sweet made of Markus, Peter, invited us to visit his home and his family). We arrived there at midnight (don't forget the time difference of one hour) and enjoyed first impressions by doing a car-sightseeing-tour through the whole city. After that, we came home and - thanks to Peter's mum - were received with a tasty Mexican meal.
The next day (Saturday) we got up very early to made use of the morning and had a lot of fun by trying Peter's jet ski on the Lake Michigan (When you drive with about 100 km/h, the water feels like stone).
After this great experience we went downtown by train (unfortunately I didn't take a picture, they look very funny in my eyes) and walked trough the town... Our first stop was the millennium park with its famous silver bean (can you imagine that the city paid 40 Mio. $ for it??). After this we relaxed at the Navy Pier, had some beer and (very expensive) ice-cream, listened to a U2-cover-concert and marveled at the firework. Finally we enjoyed the amazing view of Chicago's skyline from the 100th floor of the John Hancock Center (with 475 meter the highest building in Chicago).
Sunday themed relaxing and eating sushi after we drove back home to Detroit. We had a great and unforgettable weekend!! But as you know... pictures tell more than words: