Sears Tower

The first thing which comes to your mind thinking of Chicago might be Al Capone but the second thing has to be The Sears Tower. This gigantic Skyscraper was the tallest building in the world till 1998 and even though it is at third place now it is still impressive taking the elevator to the 110 floor, approximately 440 meters of the ground.

Thinking of walking the whole distance left me shivering so I took one of the available elevators instead. Amazing enough it takes less then a minute for the ride upwards! The Skydeck is well worth a visit and offers a nice view on downtown Chicago. And it is true... people from up there are looking like ants... or better cars are looking like ants while it is very hard to spot any people at all ;-)







And the proof that I really made it!

After visiting the highest building in America for breakfast I went for a good-night-drink to the third highest building in Chicago that evening. Find out what I had and how much it was in my next post :-)