Woke up and headed down to the Museum of Science and Technology after breakfast at the house. The museum is massive with plenty to see with the normal admission but other extra exhibit purchases available. So we get the normal admission with the Robot revolution admission to see the robot exhibit.
It is a pretty cool museum with plenty to see and do and we walk around until its our time to go into the robot exhibit. I go into the submarine exhibit and learn a bit about the German U boats during WW2 before going into the robot exhibit. They had some cool robots, some of which played soccer, and then after that we went and explored the weather center and the math in nature area which had a mirror maze that I got lost in after finding the secret room. After walking around a little bit more, we head out to pick up Aunt Chris from the airport. After acquiring her, I get dropped off at Barcocina to meet up with Rina for some lunch and drinks which was very good (fried plantains on french toast?) before heading to HQ Beercadia which is a giant arcade with a good beer selection and amazing arcade games (tetris, MK 1-3, X-Men, TMNT, etc.) which are all free and in decent condition. After than, I get picked up and we head over to the Lagunitas Brewery for dinner and drinks. We walk into this giant warehouse (as big as soldier field) and they have charlie and the chocolate factory music playing as you walk through the entry way. Get to the tap room and get a flight to try their sour cherry beer as well as a few other staples, and look at the brewery real fast. They have 750 barrel fermenters, many of them. It is a huge place. Food is pretty good and we have a good time as it is a great place to hang out and enjoy some live music. Afterwards we head back to the place to lay low as tomorrow Mike has to work and we have some museum exploration to do tomorrow.
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| Soccer robots. I stayed and watched these guys kick the ball around longer than I should probably admit. hahah |
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| Me and my hall of mirrors. |
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| Weather center. Learn about erosion, tornadoes, and a few other phenomena. To me it looked like a futuristic exhibit of sorts. |
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| The tornado creator. You get to play with the velocity at the top and bottom and a few other factors to see how it affects the cyclone. |
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| This place had a gigantic model train set with different regions. Dont think I have the patience for building model train sets but they are spectacular exhibits. |
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| Evolution of the bicycle. Was interesting walking through this exhibit seeing how the wheels, frames, etc. have changed over the years. |
It is a pretty cool museum with plenty to see and do and we walk around until its our time to go into the robot exhibit. I go into the submarine exhibit and learn a bit about the German U boats during WW2 before going into the robot exhibit. They had some cool robots, some of which played soccer, and then after that we went and explored the weather center and the math in nature area which had a mirror maze that I got lost in after finding the secret room. After walking around a little bit more, we head out to pick up Aunt Chris from the airport. After acquiring her, I get dropped off at Barcocina to meet up with Rina for some lunch and drinks which was very good (fried plantains on french toast?) before heading to HQ Beercadia which is a giant arcade with a good beer selection and amazing arcade games (tetris, MK 1-3, X-Men, TMNT, etc.) which are all free and in decent condition. After than, I get picked up and we head over to the Lagunitas Brewery for dinner and drinks. We walk into this giant warehouse (as big as soldier field) and they have charlie and the chocolate factory music playing as you walk through the entry way. Get to the tap room and get a flight to try their sour cherry beer as well as a few other staples, and look at the brewery real fast. They have 750 barrel fermenters, many of them. It is a huge place. Food is pretty good and we have a good time as it is a great place to hang out and enjoy some live music. Afterwards we head back to the place to lay low as tomorrow Mike has to work and we have some museum exploration to do tomorrow.
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| Coming off my trip to Japan, thought it was pretty cool that I found a machine that originally took 100Y coins. |
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| This was one of the walls at the arcade bar. Oh so many memories with some of these games. Awesome place! |
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| West coast brewery setting up shop in Chicago. Such a tasty experience :) |
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