Seattle & Chicago

Day 5

Today we spent the morning touring the Seattle public library. The central library for the Seattle public library system which has 26 Branches. An amazing 11 story building in the heart of Seattle. They have 26 branch libraries and serve a population of 600,000. They are also doing a lot of work with early literacy programs and job hunting...seems to be a theme so far. Its really about the library being the place for connection and for people who have become unemployed because of the GFC they are providing all sorts of services (BTW, we have come out of it fairly unscathed compared to what we are hearing here)

We loved the city of Seattle and didn't have anywhere near enough time to explore before we were off to Chicago. Much cooler than expected and it rains a bit!



Day 6

After 1/2 a day travelling we arrived in Chicago about 3pm and it was HOT. Checked into the extremely opulent Palmer Hilton. We went to the Art institute were they have a fabulous collection of impressionist art, amongst a whole lot of other stuff, and some gorgeous Monet's. Today we visit Chicago Library. its 92 (33) today and humid.