# Advice on traveling long distance by Amtrak **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896 "2021-09-19T00:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 110
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896/110 "2022-02-06T23:38:15Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Now I need to figure out some fun things to do during my Chicago layover. I think I’ll start a separate thread for that. Too late to edit, but here’s that other thread: > [@Fun things to do during a one day layover in downtown Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-to-do-during-a-one-day-layover-in-downtown-chicago/959015): > > As I mentioned in my [other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896/107), I have finally booked my long distance Amtrak trip for mid May. If everything’s on schedule (It is Amtrak so it may well not be), I should arrive at Union Station at 2:50 pm. My second train departs at 2:15 pm the following day. So basically I have one afternoon and one morning to go do some fun things in Chicago. I booked a hotel that looks to be a 10 minute walk from Union Station according to Google Maps. In fact looking at the map it looks like it’s ap… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896)._