Today was, what I had anticipated to be, the toughest day of the whole trip. We'll see if that holds true. From about 9 am until 9 pm, the entire day consisted of prepping, meeting and a good dose of schmoozing.After 2 1-hour meetings, 1 4-hour meeting and a 3 hour dinner, I am ready for bed! My hope is that I can retain everything that was said today or that I have taken good enough notes to be able to transcribe minutes in 2 weeks time.
Today's highlight was dinner at Quartino, a little Italian place in downtown Chicago (the picture is from yesterday's dinner by the way...) The food was amazing, but not served as a meal-per-person style, but rather as a shared dinner between all 10 guests. I'm not even sure what I had anymore, I must have tried 12 different dishes tonight. Today was also the first time I have walked into a bathroom with an attendant in it; a very strange experience. It reminded me of a conversation we had over lunch at work once about stinking up the bathroom and blaming it on the person who was there before you -- you could never do that in this particular situation...
Also, trekking all over downtown in high heels has reminded me that I don't have the callouses for regular high heel use. Unfortunately, they're the only dress shoes I brought. It's either that for the next two days...or my converse.
Until tomorrow! I can't wait to sit back and learn. Yay!
Love,
Gabi
P.S. I miss my bed and my laptop already. I also miss Oliver :(
P.P.S. One of the participants today remarked that Chicago was his favourite city to visit. When asked why, he replied that the conference rooms are really nice here...
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