Strange weather continues

 Good Friday was a day off for schools but not for most other workers and on Easter Monday only Catholic schools had the day off! 

On Saturday I went and had a massage - it was so relaxing that it took a walk and icy cold wind to get me back to a normal state!

My walk takes me across a couple of railway lines - one mainly for freight the other passenger trains. I arrived at the freight crossing as the barriers went down and decided to count the number of wagons as they passed. There were 143 plus the two engines! I was dizzy by the end!

The afternoon saw Ivy and Ben and a couple of their friends dyeing hard boiled eggs.

Sunday saw eggs hunts.

On Monday we woke to a layer of snow and it was seriously cold!

Lauren tells me that Illinois really doesn't have spring - it's just winter, winter, one warm day and then winter, winter and suddenly summer!

Yesterday I took the train into the centre of Chicago - the weather was fabulous and I walked 'miles'!  I went to The Bean, Cloud Gate, the usual crowds were missing. 

I went to check out a favourite spot - the John Handcock building. There was a great viewing spot with bar on 96th floor which was great for looking out over the city and Lake Michigan. Unfortunately during Covid that was closed and now it's very costly to get to that floor and you are given one drink! I didn't bother as I thought it was a rip off!

I found a place called Eataly which is an Italian market place on a couple of levels with restaurants, cafes, wine sales etc. I had lunch there and was rather taken aback by the sardines I ordered - see below:

I also had some delicious pasta! 

My feet were burning by the time I got back.

Today the weather has turned and it is now pouring with rain and thunder!