Sweet Home Chicago
Hey, Last weekend I've been on my trip to Chicago. But first I wanted to say that Aquines won the state championship. Aquines was the team we lost to.
Well, I got up at 4 a.m. and took a shower. I took my gifts for the host family and went to the meeting point. The bus arrived at 5 a.m. and we took off to Chicago. I was sitting next to Nut (a friend from thailand). We were listening to party music and danced in the bus - the time went by fast. We had a stop after 4 hours and then after 6 hours we arrived in Chicago.
First, we went to the Chicago history museum. I would say that was the most boring thing of the trip. The only thing that was interesting was a replca of an old Chicago trainstation. Anyway, after we finshed a guy came and talked about the Holocaust and WWII. He was a jew from the Netherlands.It's always interesting to hear someones story about the war. I always have to think about my grandpa.
After we got done there, we went to the famous Millennioum Park in Chicago. The place was amazing. If you want to see the beauty of Chicago, go there. You can see the famous big bean and you have a perfect few on some of the best constructed skyscrapers in Chicago. It was awesome because I got the same feeling which I had when I was standing right in the middle of Times Square in New York. Then, we went downtown to eat in the hard rock café Chicago.
The food was OK and SUPER expensive. Since I havn't bought a t-shirt when I went to the hard rock caf+e NY, I bought one from Chicago. At least I have something what says Chicago in it ;)
After that we went to the Willis Towe, better know as the Sears Tower. It's a 108 story and 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper. We went on top of it and took pictures. When the tower was completed it was the tallest building in the world. The tower has three glass bottom skyboxes where you are just on glass and you can look down 102 storys and you see the street right under you feet. At first it was a little bit scary, but you get used to it.
After we were there for a long time we went to the hotel. I went to the hot tub for like 20 minutes and after that I went to bed. I was tired. During the day some black people joined our group. They were from a church and we were staying with them for one night.
Anyway, our first stop on saturday was at the Chicago Aquarium. I forgot the name :(
It was pretty cool, even though I allready went to a couple Aquariums in Germany. At the end they had a show with dolphins and white whales. That was very cool. Especally the whales.
After that we went to a church organization which helped the homeless people.
I didn'tg think It was very interesting to see the building, but I was amazed by the stories the people there told us. The guy who toured us around had his own company and then moved on to be one of three executives of a big company but he lost everything because of bad decisions with money, drugs and women. He ended up being on the street for two weeks. I just think it's so sad to hear about this. I prayed for this person after he told us the story. It was so sad.
After that we went to the mall. I don't want to talk much about the mall. We all just had a fun time :) Than it was time to go to out host families. I was really lucky. My host family was super nice and we exchanged some cool stories. at about 10 p.m. I went to a party with my hostbrother Kenton. The house where we went to was super rich. They had their own cinema in the basement, a pool, 3 about 7 feet flat screen TVs and more. Well, we had fun. It was awesome.
In the morning we had good breakfast and went to the church where we met up with the other students and their host families. We went to the service and..... I liked it! It was a gospel church so everybody sang and danced. Even when the people had a speech, the band played smooth jazz music, which gave the speech more power. It was 90% like the church part in "The Blues Brothers". I would go to church if it would be like this! ;)
After we had a little time to take pictures and talk, we jumped on the bus and drove home.
It was and awesome experience to be in Chicago. I loved it.
Fred
Well, I got up at 4 a.m. and took a shower. I took my gifts for the host family and went to the meeting point. The bus arrived at 5 a.m. and we took off to Chicago. I was sitting next to Nut (a friend from thailand). We were listening to party music and danced in the bus - the time went by fast. We had a stop after 4 hours and then after 6 hours we arrived in Chicago.
First, we went to the Chicago history museum. I would say that was the most boring thing of the trip. The only thing that was interesting was a replca of an old Chicago trainstation. Anyway, after we finshed a guy came and talked about the Holocaust and WWII. He was a jew from the Netherlands.It's always interesting to hear someones story about the war. I always have to think about my grandpa.
After we got done there, we went to the famous Millennioum Park in Chicago. The place was amazing. If you want to see the beauty of Chicago, go there. You can see the famous big bean and you have a perfect few on some of the best constructed skyscrapers in Chicago. It was awesome because I got the same feeling which I had when I was standing right in the middle of Times Square in New York. Then, we went downtown to eat in the hard rock café Chicago.
The food was OK and SUPER expensive. Since I havn't bought a t-shirt when I went to the hard rock caf+e NY, I bought one from Chicago. At least I have something what says Chicago in it ;)
After that we went to the Willis Towe, better know as the Sears Tower. It's a 108 story and 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper. We went on top of it and took pictures. When the tower was completed it was the tallest building in the world. The tower has three glass bottom skyboxes where you are just on glass and you can look down 102 storys and you see the street right under you feet. At first it was a little bit scary, but you get used to it.
After we were there for a long time we went to the hotel. I went to the hot tub for like 20 minutes and after that I went to bed. I was tired. During the day some black people joined our group. They were from a church and we were staying with them for one night.
Anyway, our first stop on saturday was at the Chicago Aquarium. I forgot the name :(
It was pretty cool, even though I allready went to a couple Aquariums in Germany. At the end they had a show with dolphins and white whales. That was very cool. Especally the whales.
After that we went to a church organization which helped the homeless people.
I didn'tg think It was very interesting to see the building, but I was amazed by the stories the people there told us. The guy who toured us around had his own company and then moved on to be one of three executives of a big company but he lost everything because of bad decisions with money, drugs and women. He ended up being on the street for two weeks. I just think it's so sad to hear about this. I prayed for this person after he told us the story. It was so sad.
After that we went to the mall. I don't want to talk much about the mall. We all just had a fun time :) Than it was time to go to out host families. I was really lucky. My host family was super nice and we exchanged some cool stories. at about 10 p.m. I went to a party with my hostbrother Kenton. The house where we went to was super rich. They had their own cinema in the basement, a pool, 3 about 7 feet flat screen TVs and more. Well, we had fun. It was awesome.
In the morning we had good breakfast and went to the church where we met up with the other students and their host families. We went to the service and..... I liked it! It was a gospel church so everybody sang and danced. Even when the people had a speech, the band played smooth jazz music, which gave the speech more power. It was 90% like the church part in "The Blues Brothers". I would go to church if it would be like this! ;)
After we had a little time to take pictures and talk, we jumped on the bus and drove home.
It was and awesome experience to be in Chicago. I loved it.
Fred
FredericDoetig - 12. Mär, 00:38
