Chicago: a city if never visited may be described as dangerous and classy at the same time, a great place to indulge yourself with a deep pan pizza and visit a theater to watch a play with a cast of actors that are on their way to success. One way or another everyone has their expectations and visions of a city before one day they get behind a wheel or jump on the bus to visit and experience the stories heard so many times before.
Arriving in Chicago not knowing what to expect! It's a great city, famous for its crime and tall buildings but what more can it offer? As it turns out a breath taking experience.
The streets of Chicago are never the same, a big commercial street with elaborate stores that provide not only window shopping fun but also inspiration to fashion crazed citizens. The streets turn into cross roads between a promenade that is decorated by small historic buildings at the base of modern skyscrapers, one of which is a chapel decorated with real candles, and a bridge with stairs leading down to the river for an easy access to water taxis. One of the water taxis takes you to a small dock that harbours cruise boats which have excellent architecture tours.
As you ride and enjoy the humid breeze, one of the perks Chicago's climate has to offer, your mind takes a pause from all the haste and commotion of everyday life to have a mind of its own, it takes control of your body and soul to fill it with excitement, pose and inspiration, forces of which are stronger than that of a muse belonging to Michelangelo and da Vinci combined. Much of the buildings are tall and majestic, every one of them has a unique signature even if designed by the same genius. Located in the heart of the city - the river, presents the city at different angles , but the water adds a certain charm and feeling, it’s a symbol that the city is not a rock form a jungle of bricks and stones but a constant moving and living being.
As you step off the boat and on to the street, still under control of your subconscious connected with thoughts equal only to the thoughts of the universal, they only way to look is up! There behind the fog that the city becomes wrapped in within minutes you can only guess when the top of the buildings end. As you walk along the never ending streets the majestic giants appear one behind the other, looking down at you with grace and wisdom, you don’t feel afraid or claustrophobic, you feel honoured that the gate keepers allowed you to enter and share with them the secret of pride, beauty and strength that is Chicago!
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