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-45720-27432000Are We There Yet?, LLC5902 Columbia Ave, St. Louis, MO 63139 Phone: (314) 304-3508Email: Info@Chicago ChristmasIncludes Christkindlmarket and Lights ParadeDecember 20-22, 2019Fri, December 20th - On our way to the Windy City!408223764700Meet your tour directors Dea and Declan at the St. Louis Airport as we head for Chicago! We fly Southwest, where your bags fly free. When we arrive in Chicago we will meet our guide and start our tour! As we are seeing the sights, we enjoy a narrated tour with one of our favorites, Joe Cuniff. He’s a professor at the Art Institute and just generally knows a lot about the city of his birth. We will stop for lunch at the famous Lawry’s Steakhouse, built in the McCormick Mansion! Famous for their prime rib and seasoned salt, you are sure to be delighted with this dinner at lunch meal! (There is a choice of a salmon or a risotto dish if you would prefer over prime rib. We must receive your choice by final payment.) After a delicious meal we continue our exploration of Chicago and end our tour at our hotel, the Cambria Loop located a block from Daley Plaza, where the Christkindlmarket is held! Explore the market, Macy’s (formerly Marshall Fields), Block 37 and other stores, as the evening is free for you to enjoy! Many dinner places abound as we are in the theatre district at our hotel. (L)557149017716500Sat, December 21st – Chicago’s Hidden GemsEnjoy breakfast at the hotel before we visit the Annual Poinsettia Show at the Lincoln Park Conservatory. Enjoy many varieties of this festive holiday plants on display, wonderful dioramas and more! The conservatory is over 100 years old, built in the Victorian style. Continuing the theme of artistic beauty, we have an incredible Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago. Joe will guide us throughout and bring what you see to life. The museum has been voted the best in the world by Trip Advisor! Extensive collections of Impressionist, Renaissance, American, Asian, and Modern works will delight you. Christmas at the museum is a special time. The iconic Lions will be decked in their holiday wreaths. View the ornate 18th century Neapolitan Creche with over 200 figures. The Thorne Miniature Rooms take on a special glow at the holidays as they are decorated for the season. The museum will feature a comprehensive retrospective of Andy Warhol’s work. Pick up a few exquisite gifts in the museum shop! Then it is off to High Tea at the Russian Tea Room, where they brew their special blend of tea served with towers of sandwiches, cakes and Russian specialties. Buy a tin of loose leaf or bagged Russian Tea Room special blend to take home or buy for that special tea drinker in your life for a memorable gift.Visit the new American Writers Museum. This museum of literature and writing is unique in the U.S. The museum features innovative, state of the art exhibits. The focus is on our nation’s poets, novelists, thinkers, song writers and how their works influenced us. Special section devoted to noted Chicago authors! This evening we enjoy dinner at Petterino’s across from our hotel - classic Italian dining in a rich and vibrant atmosphere! (B, Tea, D) Sun, December 22nd – Teatro ZinZanni!Experience Teatro ZinZanni, combining cirque, cabaret, spectacle, music, comedy and brunch all in one show. The show is set in an inside mirror tent within the walls of a historic long-forgotten ballroom right inside the Cambria Hotel. Declan and I took groups to see this show in San Francisco and everyone who saw it still talks about the combination circus and dining event. Started by a San Francisco street performer, they performed in San Fran for years, then expanded to Seattle. Now they have decided to make Chicago their home for the next few months and maybe longer. You will be one of the first to experience it!!! Check out the reviews online and see that it’s a show to be seen! Then we return to the airport and fly back to St. Louis with warm memories of The Windy City!(B, Brunch) Price includes:Round trip transportation – fly up on Southwest Airlines (no bag fees!) –Note: if you prefer to make your own way to Chicago and back and rendezvous with the tour group, please let us know and we will deduct your airfare from this total price.Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation for all planned touring of Chicago – including airport transfersVisits to world renowned museums including the newly opened American Writers Museum6 Meals: (2 breakfasts, 1 Brunch, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner, High Tea at the Russian Tea Room!)Stay two nights at the Cambria Loop, located right in the Theatre District 1 block from ChristkindlmarketTicket to Chicago’s latest sensation, Teatro ZinZanniBaggage handling at hotel2 Professional Tour Directors with you from start to finish All gratuities including local guides, drivers and directors$1,241 pp dbl occ$1,372 pp sgl occ $1,153 pp tpl/quad occSave 3% on this tour! Enjoy Christmas in Chicago with Teatro ZinZanni for $1,204 pp dbl occ when you pay by check or money order:$1,204 pp dbl occ$1,331 pp sgl occ$1,119 pp tpl/quad occ*3% discount off base price when pay by check or money order.(Note: Triple/Quad room rates include two beds per room, either double or queen-sized beds)Trip cancellation insurance available at an additional charge. Please see the Travel Insured brochure available from our office. Additional Insurance can be bought if you purchase optional tours later.Make your reservations today with full payment, including Travel Insured trip cancellation and interruption insurance if desired. By purchasing Travel Insured, you will be covered for all pre-existing conditions as well as protected if something happens on the tour.No refunds will be given after that time except via Travel Insured Insurance. Space will be limited to 20 air tickets. After that price will be based on live air. There still may be a price increase before final payment if airline incurs a fuel surcharge. Following this a wait list will be formed. Please send a check along with your name, address, phone number and all roommates’ names if you are sharing a room.*Ask about our special hotel rates at St. Louis airport hotel prior to and/or after the tour. * ................
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