My trip to Chicago in the winter

This movie obviously takes place in Chicago in the winter (January or February), and last week, from January 12 to 14, I went to Chicago. That was the first time I had ever been to the north in the winter. I had been to the north a few times before, but it had always been in the summer. I was born and grew up and lived in South Carolina until I was almost 30, then moved to Charlotte, NC where I have lived ever since (except for about a year in Dade County, FL just north of Miami). But I had heard so much about how cold and snowy the north was in the winter, and just wanted to see this for myself. And I chose Chicago because it is so big and famous, and also because I had never been there before. And I had enough money for a discounted bus ticket, which I brought at the Charlotte Greyhound station on December 21, and departed Charlotte Monday afternoon, January 12. I took a duffel bag with a few things in it, and wore my full suit and tie, and my heavy coat and stocking cap over it, as I figured I'd need all the clothes on I could get. The bus made stops in Charleston, WV, Columbus, OH, several smaller cities in northern Indiana (though bypassed Indianapolis), then got to Chicago late Tuesday morning, January 13. I was only there for a few hours, as my return trip left around 4:00 on Tuesday afternoon, but I was hoping there would be some stores and restaurants near the Chicago bus station I could go to for a few hours while waiting. But there were not, there were only other types of buildings near it, though I did walk down a few roads to see. So I just stayed around the bus station for those hours, sitting in it and going directly outside several times for a few minutes. It was actually not as cold as I thought it would be, it's typically in the single digits or below zero there in mid January, but the sky was mostly clear and it was in the mid to upper twenties the whole time I was there, which would be cold for Charlotte but mild for Chicago. I then left on the bus that afternoon and followed the same route back, getting to Charlotte Wednesday afternoon and then coming back to my apartment. But I am glad I took this trip and had this experience.

"I happen to be a vegetarian". Lex, from Jurrasic Park