Saturday - February 13th, 2010:
We woke up, had a quick breakfast and headed to Chicago at 8 am. It is a city with HUGE buildings and a beautiful lake called Lake Michigan. I took some pictures inside the van:
We were heading to Navy Pier, and started taking pictures. Suddenly, my camera's batteries were dead. Then I thought: "I have more batteries and I brought them". While checking my pockets, I remembered that I had left my bagpack at Jhani's house, and my other batteries were there. But, since I was surrounded by nice people, Laura took me to a store and I bought more batteries. They worked! What a relief!
Then, we went inside and ate at Bubba Gump, a theme restaurant about the movie "Forrest Gump". I ate fried shrimps (delicious) and everybody had a good time. It was funny, because the waiter asked us questions about the movie and made our minds work a lot when he propounded riddles.
Later, we went to Shedd Aquarium, a marvelous place! I think I took about 50 pictures there, so I can't upload all of them here. I'll try to summarize and tell you the best things. While there, each person in the group had enough freedom to go wherever he/she wanted. As we could not take pictures using the flashlights, some of my pictures were a little bit blurred.
At 2 pm, we watched a show called "Fantasea", in which 5 great animals did some tricks. Unbelievable! It was a little bit hard to take pictures of the show, because the animals kept moving all the time. But trust me: You would have liked to be there.
Then, we continued our trip at Shedd Aquarium. Luckily, I could find two Hollywood stars! The first one is Nemo (do filme "Procurando Nemo")!
I also found the Penguins of the movie "Surf is up" ("Tá dando onda").
Then, we wandered throught the city. Tall buildings are the main characteristic of the landscape...
We also took pictures on a fountain. It is said that the water can go up to 10 feet...But the water was frozen! One more thing added to my personal Guiness Book: First frozen fountain that I've ever seen in my whole life!
After that, we went to the Millenium Park to see "The Bean", a metal sculpture that looks like a bean. Images are reflected by "The Bean" in such a funny way!
Later, we went to the Magnificent Mile to watch 3D fireworks! All the fireworks were heart-shaped, as Sunday would be Valentine's day.
We had dinner at Giordano's, and we ate a different kind of pizza; It looked like a pie. The sauce was on the top, cheese in the middle and the flavour in the bottom!
In the end, we went to John Hancock Center, a building which has 96 floors. We took just 40 seconds in the elevator to get on the top! We had a beautiful view of the city at night!
We went back to Indianapolis and arrived at 2h30 am at Jhani's. After a big and tiring day, it took me a second to close my eyes and sleep.Sunday - February 14th, 2010:
We woke up early and Jhani took us to Edinburgh Outlet Mall. Things were SO cheap!!! After that, my family picked me up and I told them how the trip had been. And now I'm writing to you!
See ya, folks!!!
