So, I finally found some time tonight and figured I'd try to write a bit more of my American Girl Place trip report.
When we last left our excited vacationers, we had just gotten off the South Shore train at the Randolph Street station in downtown Chicago. The plan was to walk over to catch the redline subway at State & Lake, take it north two stops to Chicago Avenue and then walk three blocks over to the store.
We're really not talking about a lot of walking here (nothing like what you'd do at WDW), but my mom wore her sneakers because she has problems with her feet. DD7 and I both wore nice sandals. The ones I wore, I can wear on a full day trip to the Indy zoo with no problems, so I was sure that I could handle this trip in them. Now, my MIL was another story....
As you can tell from this picture, she chose to wear slip on sandals. They had no back to them at all and had about a one inch heel. Needless to say, she was about half a block behind us at all times. DD7 kept wondering where Nana was....
Anyway, we made our way to the Subway station...
We struggled to figure out the fare system. I used to live and work in Washington, DC and was used to the Metro there, where everyone had to have their own card. In Chicago, my MIL and my mom shared a card. I guess since your card is charged when you enter the system instead of when you leave, it can be used by more than one person. Anyway, we finally made it down to the platform.
After reassuring my MIL at least four times that we were going the correct direction, the train finally came...
We traveled our two stops and then made our way up the escalator. Someone in our party was quite excited by now....
It was just after 11am when we got out of the subway. The schedule for the day was the theatre production at 12:30 and lunch at 2:00pm. We had eaten a "continental" breakfast at the hotel and then grabbed a small snack at the train station upon arrival, but none of us thought we could make it until 2pm without more food. Right outside the subway station, we found the Golden Arches.
DD had some chicken nuggets and I tried the Southern Chicken sandwich...
Honestly, I think the McDonald's version has nothing on the original Chick-Fil-A, but I wasn't in the mood for a burger. My mom had a fish sandwich and I think MIL had a chicken wrap of some kind. Oh well, it was just enough to tide us over until our 2pm reservations.
DD's doll was perfectly content to sit and watch us eat....
After bathroom breaks all around, we headed out down the street to our final destination....
Coming next: Did someone say shopping????
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