Well one of you must have asked for sun, because he finally made an appearance today, just in time! Not only that, but my breakfast orange juice was made with happiness and double rainbows...After a free breakfast from the nice people at Silk who gave us samples (Almond Chocolate is by far the best by the way), we embarked on the architectural boat tour of Chicago. That was 90 minutes jam-packed with information! I saw the building where The Dark Knight and Transformers was filmed as well as the building that Ferris' dad worked out of :) (From Ferris Bueller's Day Off).
After that we ventured to the Ferris Wheel again, which is actually half the size of the one that was originally built in 1893! That's right: that's 150ft more than the one we went on today! And the cars from the original ferris wheel could sit 60 people. After we had some gross and overly priced fair food we made our way out through masses of little loud lively schoolchildren. Where did we go from here for the next 4 hours you ask? Weeeeeellll...
Like any respectable nerds, we found the University of Chicago - pretty as it may look in this photo, I assure you, one must go through some sketchy sketchy neighbourhoods to get to it.
After that, it took us even longer to find the hospital, and then the Otolaryngology and Speech/Swallow department. We were only accosted by security once. Tired and with stiff legs, walking back to the train made me think of the two ladies in Rat Race who don't buy a squirrel, after getting out of the rocket car...yup, that's the exact image of Irene and I. It was worth it!
We ended the night off with some dinner and the theater - a Broadway musical of Next to Normal. It's been a while since I've seen something this good.
After that, it took us even longer to find the hospital, and then the Otolaryngology and Speech/Swallow department. We were only accosted by security once. Tired and with stiff legs, walking back to the train made me think of the two ladies in Rat Race who don't buy a squirrel, after getting out of the rocket car...yup, that's the exact image of Irene and I. It was worth it!
We ended the night off with some dinner and the theater - a Broadway musical of Next to Normal. It's been a while since I've seen something this good. "What's the difference between being happy and thinking you're happy?
--The people who think they're happy, haven't thought about it long enough" --Next to Normal.
I'm off from Chicago to Freiburg to Copenhagen and finally landing in Turku on May 1st.
Good night,
Gabi
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