Holiday Story.  Hey ! Everyone! Vacation is an expensive event.  However,  I stopped in to a travel agency and did something adventurous.  I took the  AmTrack Train to,  Chicago,  IL. Around the 4th of July, Chicago has a , Taste of Chicago Festival ". you buy these tickets and you get to sample all of the restaurants that are in Chicago.  We stayed at the " Inner Circle  Holiday Inn". I suggest you stay on the 7th  floor. Families and their children stay on the fifth floor. and those kids run wild through the halls. My room,  Had a kitchen, a living room and a private master bedroom.  yeah. Free shuttle to museums.  and at the Hotel on the 4th floor,  there's a swimming pool.  My daughter swam the English channel.  At pool side I struck up a conversation with a lovely lady,  who invited me back to her apartment.  I had to decline.  There is a fancy restaurant in  the hotel, and my wife and I had a romantic dinner.  We  later took in the sites. Seen the  Field  Museum. I wanted to visit the  Industrial museum because they have a captured German U boat on display out side the museum and you can go aboard and check it out.  The Am track tickets didn't cost much. The train ride was fun. I have a Holiday Inn , membership card. All said and done, 4 days 3 nights cost me $ 438.78 .  That's how you do a vacation and Thank you for reading.  ...