j AZZY j ELLIES

hERE IT IS. tHE DAY i HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. i AM finally GOING TO THE sHEDD aQUARIUM! lIZZY AND i GOT AN EARLY START AND WERE ON THE TRIAN INTO DOWNTOWN cHICAGO BY 10AM. tHE TRAIN WAS PRETTY COOL BECAUSE IT WAS TWO STORIES. tHE RIDE WAS LONGER THEN i THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AT 1.5HRS! wHEN WE GOT THE THE CITY WE WALKED 6 BLOCKS AND THEN HOPPED ON #146 BUS. tHE LINE JUST TO GET INTO THE AQUARIUM WAS SUPER LONG AND IT TOOK US ALMOST A HALF HOUR JUST TO MAKE IT TO THE FRONT DOOR. iNSIDE THE SETUP WAS DIFFERENT WITH A CENTER COUNTER AND EXHIBITS AROUND THE PERIMETER. iT REMINDED ME A LOT OF THE nIGHT AT mEUSEUM.

wE DID SOME OF THE EXHIBITS AND THEN HEADED TO THE DOLPHIN SHOW. tHAT HAD TO BE ONE THE THE worst SHOWS i HAVE ever SEEN! tHE DOLPHINS (pACIFIC wHITE sIDED) JUMPED A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES AND TWO rED sHOULDERED HAWKS FLEW ACROSS THE POOL TWICE. tHERE WAS A NARRATOR THE WHOLE SHOW THAT TAUGHT THE AUDIENCE HOW TO TRAIN A DOLPHIN. tHAT WAS IT. nOTHING SPECIAL. aCTUALLY, i WAS BORED AND ON FACEBOOK MOST OF THE SHOW. i WALKED OUT FEELING PRETTY LET DOWN. tHIS IS THE shEDD aQUARIUM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! wow ME!

lIZZY AND i DECIDED TO SKIP THE 4d MOVIE AND FIND FOOD. tHEN WE FINISHED ALL OF THE EXHIBITS. tHE jELLY EXHIBIT WAS fantastic!!!!!! iT HAD SPECIES i HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF! lIKE THE fLOWER hAT jELLY. i WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE EXHIBIT. i WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WHOLE PLACE BUT THAT SHOW HAS TO GO!

wHEN WE FINISHED WITH THE AQUARIUM WE HAD BEEN THERE ALMOST 4HRS. sO WE STARTED BACK TOWARDS THE TRAIN STATION. bUT WE READ IT WRONG EARLIER AND HAD 2HRS BEFORE THE NEXT TRAIN (WEEKEND SCHEDULE WAS VERY DIFFERENT). bUT WE CAN'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE WE GOT A 2-DAY PASS FOR $6! sO WE DECIDED TO WALK BACK TO THE STATION INSTEAD OF TAKING THE BUS TO WASTE SOME TIME. wE ALSO WENT BACK TO mILLENNIUM pARK AND SAW THE bEAN AGAIN. tHERE WERE A lot MORE PEOPLE THERE TODAY THEN YESTERDAY SO i GOT SOME FUN PICTURES :)

tHE TRAIN RIDE SEEMED TO BE A LOT LONGER COMING BACK AND i ALMOST FEEL ASLEEP. bUT WHEN WE GOT BACK i GOT TO MEET lIZZY'S MOM AND OLDER SISTER. wE CHATTED FOR A BIT AND THEN WE WENT TO DINNER AT bILL'S WHICH WAS A PUB WITH REALLY GOOD PIZZA! iT REMINDED ME OF lOGAN'S BECAUSE YOU COULD EAT PEANUTS AND THROW THE SHELLS RIGHT ONTO THE FLOOR...ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. wE GOT A DOUBLE DECKER PIZZA WITH GREEN PEPPERS AND AGAIN, IT WAS good!!! tHE PIZZA WAS REALLY DIFFERENT. i THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A DEEP DISH PIZZA BUT IT LITERALLY WAS A DOUBLE DECER PIZZA WITH TWO PIZZAS STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. vERY GOOD BUT VERY DIFFERENT.

qUESTION: wHAT IS tHE bEAN? a LIMA BEAN, COFFEE BEAN, OR COCO BEAN? nO ONE COULD TELL ME!