why am I watching this… I live here 😂

@asenseoftravel

Ай бұрын

Haha, I mean sometimes a tourist's perspective can help us love where we live a little more! I'm from a smaller city in SC, and it's awesome hearing about those things that visitors love that we take for granted from a day-to-day view

Having lived 13 years in the city, it is still interesting to experience it through the senses of a visitor. Your vlog is a bit different, in that you provide us a more introspective account of your experiences. Really a good presentation! I will now have to check out some of your other submissions.

@asenseoftravel

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! I hope you enjoy them. Chicago is one of my favorite places in the world.

Chicago is called the second city not because it’s second but because after the Chicago fire it was built bigger and better

@asenseoftravel

2 ай бұрын

I actually didn't realize that! Cool bit of trivia.

Chi town is one of my favorites

@asenseoftravel

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Wow Chicago is beautiful, we never cross the Atlantic yet, maybe that's our next adventure. Thank you for sharing this great video.

@asenseoftravel

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Chicago is great. If it's your first time coming to the US, you'll definitely good a good sense of that American feel here. Hoping you can make it over!

Yes the most beautiful city in the world. I live there for 25 years.

@asenseoftravel

Ай бұрын

There's definitely something special about that Chicago skyline over Lake Michigan!

If you visit Chicago again, for deep dish pizza, you gotta go to Pequod's. That's where the locals go. Glad you enjoyed!

@asenseoftravel

23 күн бұрын

Good to know! I'll definitely give that a shot during my next visit. I'll never turn down a good deep dish

Chicago is def one of my faves in the US.

@asenseoftravel

4 ай бұрын

Fully agreed! If it had a little more natural variety and slightly warmer winters, it would be unstoppable.

@merlin4180

4 ай бұрын

@@asenseoftravel Dude, you’re describing Seattle right there! One of my other favorites … along with New Orleans.

@ajmohrvatski

Ай бұрын

@@merlin4180 Being from Chicago area and after visiting Seattle I have to say it is a sh*thole in comparison to downtown Chicago

My home town. Thanks for this. Have watched a lot of these Chicago tours but really enjoyed yours. I hope you took the Architectural Boat tour.

@asenseoftravel

23 күн бұрын

I really appreciate that, and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I didn't take the boat tour, but I need to. I'm a huge fan of Chicago's architectural prowess.

A few notes. 1. The loop is a collection of trains, not just the brown line. The brown, orange, pink and green line all circle around the loop. The blue and red are underground in that section and go under it. 2. The magnificent mile is definitely Chicago’s 5th avenue, but it’s not where the high end shopping is. The high end shopping actually on oak st in the Gold Coast north of the magnificent mile. 3. Locals don’t call cloud gate anything because they don’t go to it. I lived a 5 minute walk to the Maggie Daley for a year and I never went there. Tourists named it the bean. 4. Deep Dish while definitely a Chicago classic, is much harder to find outside the touristy area. Not impossible but it’s not as quintessential as it seems. Italian beefs and Chicago dogs are much more prevalent. 5. I would have mentioned the lack of trash around the city. Biggest differentiator from NY and would have fit the theme. 6. The food scene goes much farther than the famous food. There is great polish and Mexican food as well as hundreds of high end restaurants in mostly River North and the West Loop. Overall though, the imagery was nice.

@asenseoftravel

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the notes! Good to know on Cloud Gate. I can't imagine locals would care to visit it all that often to begin with (maybe once). It's a shame that deep dish isn't more commonplace - I love that stuff.

@ravenswood118

24 күн бұрын

@@asenseoftravel I think it's pretty common place. Some people will just find anything to nit pick at. ;)

Excellent ❤!!!

@asenseoftravel

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Chicago is one of the best!

Yes…I saw :)

The Windy City nickname has nothing to do with the weather/atmosphere, the L is above ground, and busier is the subways underground downtown (it runs at grade level too), is also extensive rail system outside of the L, Deep dish is more a tourist thing, natives know it’s tavern style, eaten far more often with way more local pizza places, very thin cut in squares. The farther away from the lake, the more unique and diverse the neighborhoods get. Chicago hot dogs are on poppy seed (steamed). Silly to say “oddly diverse food”, it has people from all over the world and deep history of immigrants (including now), is hard to find other US city with as good of food scene. Also odd to say it didn’t/doesn’t have immigration of coastal cities, people moved there from all over the globe and still do. You won’t experience that in downtown or Lincoln. park, but so much to explore beyond.

Any recommended hotel for a solo traveler? I've seen Freehand solo rooms but is there any other recomendations for a midweek stay?

@ravenswood118

24 күн бұрын

Literally any hotel can accommodate a solo traveler lol

@asenseoftravel

23 күн бұрын

Honestly, I'm big on doing AirBnbs or hostels (except for the occasions when hotels are somehow cheaper), because you get more of that local, neighborhood vibe

@kelzbot

21 күн бұрын

Longman & Eagle hotel