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Chicago & the Bean
... fountain with faces. I am not sure what that is called, but it is an ever changing face. I bet in summer that is really popular with those trying to keep cool.
We made our way to Navy Pier where we had lunch at Harry Carey's. Yum. A very good place to eat. We toured around there for a while, took a few pictures and off we went for a bit more touring.
Our next stop was to hop on the L and head north. We decided ...
First day
... hat, sieht man Beeindruckendes - in so vielerlei Hinsicht. Ich bin noch etwas aufgekratzt, deshalb nur diese kurze Bemerkung und ein paar Fotos von heute früh (siehe weiter unten). Später geht es noch auf den Sears Tower mit einem Mädchen aus Hamburg, die ich heute beim Frühstück kennengelernt habe. Das mit dem "Leute kennenlernen" scheint 1-A zu funktionieren.
Wunderbar :)
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Chicago
... they had so many famous paintings in there that mum said there would be none left in France. We had a nice stroll through Millenium park which had a huge silver bean in the middle of it.
On Thursday we went to the beach and I had a nice swim in lake Michigan which was a lot nicer than swimming in the sea since the water didn't sting your eyes. Then we went to Lincoln park which was colossal it even had a zoo in it which had polar bears, giraffes and rhinos in it.
We ...
From the Big Easy to the Windy City
... N.O was so hot, like the horrible sticky humid kind of heat - before getting to work on dinner. Just as it was cooking Louis got a call from his other couch surfer he was expecting that night saying she was nearly there and was bringing another girl with her if that was okay! The two of them arrived in time for dinner, and we all ate together with some nice red wine! Very civilised. That night the new couchsurfers, Mariah-Jane from Vancouver on a course in louisiana and ...
Forget wind, this is a heat wave
... of people but she was such a backwards person who had no idea what she was doing that it soon became tiresome to listen to her whine about yet another pointless thing. I felt like shaking her and saying stop complaining and do something with your life.
So, my overall opinion of Chicago would have to be that the city is really enjoyable to explore but that the people are not so enjoyable to meet (of course, I only met two locals and they were very friendly if not a little ...
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