We just got back from a road trip to Chicago!

Highlights: Visiting Fermilab / hadron collider, seeing an old highschool friend, the Art Institute, staying at a monastery b&b, eating lots of grilled shrimp, pizza, stopping by (briefly) the Michigan central station in Detriot, seeing the few relics left behind from the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, The Hotel Intercontinental / Old Medinah Atheletic Club (pool is amazing!  Like stepping into the Grand Budpest Hotel).

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