Sweet Home Chicago.

10 hours overnight on a Megabus is no way to start a week in Chicago - but it's so great there it didn't matter. We celebrated Elizabeth's birthday while there - we started at the Shedd Aquarium, which has a coral reef, sharks, kids shouting 'look, it's Nemo!' and some strange creatures I'd never seen before. We then got amazing views of the city at the John Hancock Center before we went to see the world-famous Second City comedy show (where Bill Murray, John Belushi, Steve Carrell and Tina Fey started). We saw some great sketches as well as amazing improv - look out for Tim Robinson in 5 years time! While in Chi-Town, we also saw the T-Rex at the Natural History Museum, ate 'cheezborgers' at the Billy Goat Tavern, induced heart disease eating deep dish pizza pie at Giordiano's and found the silver bean sculpture in the park Barack Obama celebrated being made president. But before we left, we went to watch The Jerry Springer Show live. As you can see above, we met the show's on-stage security guard - unfortunately the old security guy Steve has left to host his own show, counselling the victims of domestic abuse. Anyway, it's even more bizarre in real life - we were sat next to a mannerquin with a rotating head, and constantly wondering (hoping?) that these people were actors. All the regulars were there- hillbillies getting drunk on moonshine, a woman's wig getting pulled off and plenty of fights. And at the end, a fat guy with a pair of E cups ran onto the stage and showed us his ass. So he could win some beads. Only in America folks.