Chicago...

So yesterday I went into Chicago with Patty, the Brazillian au pair (see previous post for her pic). It was good. Very pretty.

Things to consider next time:
1) Wear SNEAKERS: my feet are covered in blisters from my Hush Puppies. You'd think flat shoes would just be COMFY!
2) If a sign has a picture of a person going down a flight of stairs, it means that to get to whatever is indicated on the sign you need to walk down the stairs next to the sign, not wait for 15 minutes wondering where the free trolley is.
3) Read the TRAIN TIMETABLE. Missing the train by mere minutes and then having to wait for an hour and a half when you're tired and your feet are in pain and all you want to do is go home and soak your feet isn't very much fun.
4) Don't get distracted on the train ride home and miss your stop.

So yesterday I got to see a few things, which was nice. Very painful too.
But yeah. Heaps of mishaps yesterday. It would have been tolerable if it weren't for the state of my feet, which are still tender.

Something that's really good is there's a free trolley car (like a tram, but not on tracks) that goes around the city. If we had managed to catch the right ones, we may have had less blisters. :)

But onto the photos!

But I, am a MOOSE!!!!!



I dunno. There were these random metal statues around the city. First one was a bull, then I saw a moose... Odd...

This is me at Navy Pier. There was a big Ferris Wheel that I wanted to go on, but the line was heaps long and I couldn't be bothered waiting.



Guess where this one was taken. Go on, GUESS!



Did you guess Navy Pier?? Wow! You're totally smart.

Some photos of "the beach":




It's weird to think that this is a lake, when it looks exactly the same as a beach, only without any waves.

Some pretty photos of the skyline:




And me drinking Jamba Juice, which is the US version of Boost Juice:



We really didn't do much sight seeing. I think it'd be best if I go in on my own, armed with a travel guide and a map and saw everything I wanted to see. At least I'll know what NOT to do. ;)

I think the highlight of my trip was the aforementioned train ride home (where we missed our stop) and we met this South African girl who was also an au pair. It was funny. She was sitting near us and overheard me talking to Patty and was all, "Excuse me, are you Australian?" and I'm all, "Yeah, are you South African?" and then we had a really good conversation. It was such a coincidence!! It was good meeting her, and we exchanged contact info and everything.

That conversation was what made Patty and I miss our stop. Luckily, the stop after the one where Patty left her car (she was going to drive me home) was the station about 5 blocks from my house! So we just walked here (cursing with each painful step) and I drove her back to her place.

Today I met up with Josefine, the Swedish girl I met at the training school. She only lives about half an hour away so it was really good to see her. We went shopping at the place near where she lives, and had lunch/dinner at 3pm there at (Lesia's fave place), The Cheesecake Factory. Guys, this is quite possibly the GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH! I ordered the chicken with steamed veggies, mashed potato, biscuits and gravy and it was HUGE. I at about a quarter, and even though I was starving before that I was full. Doggy bag! Lol. And Josefine and I ordered a slice of cheesecake each. She got the choc-chip cookie dough cheese cake and I ordered the chocolate peanut butter cookiedough cheesecake. We only managed to get through half before we had to say NO MORE!!! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good, but so rich, and we felt that satisfied-sick feeling you get when you eat too much of a really good meal.



That's Jose eating her cheesecake. She doesn't look very good there, but she's so pretty! Bloody Swedes!

So back to work tomorrow. Love you all long time!