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Metropolitan Lounge, Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n
Once again in this pleasant wood lined lounge with comfortable chairs and internet access.\u00a0 Here they check baggage until your train boards, have treats and drinks.\u00a0 They also guide us out to the train by a back route before the boarding of coach passengers.\u00a0 It is a civilized addition to train travel.\u00a0 It is superior to the Acela Lounge in D.C. on the criteria of friendliness, user services and comfort.<\/p>\n
Kate and I ate lunch up in the food court.\u00a0 I had my necessary Italian beef\u00a0 with hot peppers and extra juice.\u00a0 In Indiana I also had three pieces of sugar cream pie, an indulgence only available commercially in the south.\u00a0 It’s on my list of things I can cook, but I don’t make it often.<\/p>\n
After lunch we went out on the plaza and watched traffic on the Chicago River, one of the least appealing water ways in the US.\u00a0 Straight across the river from Union Station the Sears Tower rises 104 stories.\u00a0 Once the tallest building in the world it has not held the record for quite some time.<\/p>\n
Our train boards in the next 45 minutes or so.\u00a0 Kate seems to be a convinced rail traveler now, so we might end up seeing more of the US and Canada by train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Dyan Moon Metropolitan Lounge, Chicago, Illinois Once again in this pleasant wood lined lounge with comfortable chairs and internet access.\u00a0 Here they check baggage until your train boards, have treats and drinks.\u00a0 They also guide us out to the train by a back route before the boarding of coach passengers.\u00a0 It is a … Continue reading Lounge Lizards<\/span>