I woke up at 7 AM, when to the gym to grab a quick workout, and went to the lobby to meet for lunch. Most of us went to West Egg, a breakfast nook a few blocks away. It was really good but had way to big servings and thus, overfilling. We went back to the hotel, and had basically the rest of the day off until 3:30. I wanted to check out Millennium Park and the bean. However, I needed some well deserved rest, and pretty much passed out until 3.
Yeah, it was a 5 hour power nap, no big deal.
I woke up, and got ready for dinner. I was a little groggy but not too bad. We walked to the subway station and took the “L” to Allison road, next to Wrigley Field. We walked around a little bit, and got a free tour of the rooftop seats for Wrigley Field. We then walked to Souco’s, an Italian restaurant. We were sponsored by a few Pi Alpha’s. The food was great and basically never ending pasta: alfredo, spaghetti and meatball, and sausage and pepper.
After dinner, stuff out of mind, we took the “L” train back to the hotel. Randomly out of nowhere, I saw Jack Butz, a friend from my chapter at Michigan. He had an internship in Chicago and it was nice catching up with him.
Once back at the hotel, I met up with my parents, which we went out for dinner, again (yeah, I felt like a hobbit today). We went to Banito’s, a really good Mexican-American food. Since it was a Friday night, the wait was unbelievably long. It was nice to see my parents and my sister one last time, and made me excited for DC. After the dinner, they dropped me back at the hotel. A solid day off, but I’m ready for the bike tomorrow, 95 miles to South Bend.
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