Sep 02, 2013

We thankfully sank about 10 feet into the mattress and slept like we were never going to wake up…well except for a toilet stop or two and then to the alarm at 9am this morning. We had a delicious breakfast at the hotel then tried to convince ourselves that we were awake and functioning well enough to venture out and headed out to find a taxi. Thankfully we didn’t come to any harm and had a great day including a twilight tour of the city with an entertaining guide ‘Osiris’ then back to the hotel for dinner and bed.



This is what we found to the left of our hotel in North Columbus Drive when we ventured out..….a road closure for the filming of ‘Transformers 4’. I hope our grandchildren are impressed!



We visited the beautiful leafy suburb of Oak Park to see the work of the Architect Frank Lloyd Wright which was a real treat. This is the first home he built (1889)and subsequently lived in with his wife and family and also worked from when he built his studio (the octagon building to the left of the main home building.) It was a treat to walk through this incredibly practical, timeless and quirky building.




My favourite of all the houses we visited on the self-guided walking tour built in 1896 (Simpson Dunlop House). Incredibly picturesque and lovely to see it is preserved so well given it is privately owned.