{"id":5787,"date":"2016-11-29T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2016-11-29T14:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T19:51:01","slug":"48-hours-in-chicago-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/48-hours-in-chicago-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"48 Hours in Chicago (Part One)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you talk about great American cities, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/great-american-cities-chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a> always comes up. The architecture, culture, and of course the beautiful scenery of Lake Michigan draws in millions of tourists every year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5788\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007.jpg\" aria-label=\"3 DSC 0007 1024x685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5788\" class=\"wp-image-5788\"  alt=\"Buckingham Fountain\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-1024x685.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buckingham Fountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>See what you can do with 48 Hours in Chicago in our new video series:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"s1\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"48 Hours in Chicago (Part One)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XD5_XTDJTRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the United States. Let\u2019s explore the Windy City and see what you can do with two days there. Start your walking tour near Soldier Field, home to the NFL\u2019s Chicago Bears. Nearby you\u2019ll find the Field Museum. This is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. You can easily spend a few hours taking it all in. The Shedd Aquarium is also located over here. The aquarium is home to over 1,500 different species, including penguins and dolphins. Finally there\u2019s the Adler Planetarium, where you get a great view of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For brunch, head to Yolk. Try one of their eggs Benedict &#8211; they\u2019re all amazing. Continue on your walking tour across the street in Grant Park. The Buckingham Fountain is a popular place. You\u2019ll see lots of people walking around or even taking a Segway tour. This is a great place to walk or ride a bike, right alongside Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cross the Chicago River, and you\u2019ll see Navy Pier nearby. This is a great place to hang out on a nice day. There\u2019s a children\u2019s museum, a ferris wheel, and much more to see and do here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keep going north and you\u2019ll end up in Lincoln Park. Stroll around and enjoy this nice big green space in the middle of a huge city. You can even go into the zoo for free. See zebras, gorillas, snakes, kangaroos, tigers and more. That\u2019s enough exploring for a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reward yourself with dinner at Bavette\u2019s. This trendy steakhouse is one of the best restaurants in the city. Let\u2019s see a sampling of the menu\u2026 A whitefish caesar salad\u2026 a chilled seafood platter\u2026 a ribeye steak\u2026 a lamb shank\u2026 thick cut bacon\u2026 and a few side dishes for good measure. Ask if there are any off-menu specialties that evening. Now that\u2019s a dinner! If you can, save some room for dessert and coffee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once you\u2019ve digested all that, head to Three Dots and a Dash. Visit a tropical island in the big city at this awesome tiki bar. Choose from one of their many island cocktails, and watch the bartender at work &#8211; it\u2019s really a work of art. Not a bad way to end your first day in Chicago.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/3-DSC_0007-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>When you talk about great American cities, Chicago always comes up. The architecture, culture, and of course the beautiful scenery of Lake Michigan draws in millions of tourists every year. See what you can do with 48 Hours in Chicago in our new video series: &#8220;Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the United States&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/48-hours-in-chicago-part-one\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":5788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[411067,411072,411077,411074,4656,411079,411078,386375,411069,411082,411081,411070,411073,386372,411075,411076,411071,386411,411068,411080],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-48-hours-in-chicago","tag-adler-planetarium","tag-bavettes","tag-buckingham-fountain","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-food","tag-chicago-restaurants","tag-chicago-river","tag-chicago-travel-blog","tag-chicago-video","tag-esl-lesson-chicago","tag-field-museum","tag-grant-park","tag-lake-michigan","tag-lincoln-park","tag-navy-pier","tag-shedd-aquarium","tag-soldier-field","tag-two-days-in-chicago","tag-yolk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5790,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions\/5790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}