# Visiting Chicago for a couple days. Could use some help **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chicago-for-a-couple-days-could-use-some-help/966120 "2022-06-13T18:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**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:** [June 13, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chicago-for-a-couple-days-could-use-some-help/966120/11 "2022-06-13T20:37:05Z")
Previous thread on the topic from my visit to Chicago last month: > [@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… As I mentioned in the other thread, I stayed at the Club Quarters. I picked it mainly because it was walking distance from the train station, and reasonably budget friendly (not that anything in that area is cheap). The location is great, right in the heart of The Loop. The room was perfectly fine. I’m sure there were fewer amenities compared to the pricier options, but it was clean and comfortable and modern. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chicago-for-a-couple-days-could-use-some-help/966120)._