Monday September 29

Another busy day in the life of the GSE Dream Team and dreams certainly do come true as we made it to a White Sox game today....but more on that later! The day began with a visit to the College of Lake County---an institution a bit like our Polytechnics where we had a quick tour and a run down on the Alumni and Foundation programmes they administer. It was a campus of about 6000 students and we really enjoyed having a look around. The University Center was the next stop on our vocational itinerary. What an amazing place! The technology facilities available in this place would be the envy of any educational institution we have in NZ. We took lots of photos and will be telling our bosses that this is what we need in our places of work!! This facility was able to be rented out per room depending on the presentation needs of a particular group. All rooms had state of the art technology.
A lunch meeting with the Grayslake Rotary Club had us singing our National Anthem and exchanging a banner before heading off in to Chicago City and the US Cellular Field to see the White Sox vs Detroit Tigers baseball game. This was made possible by one of our host Rotarians and with a cancellation of the afternoon's prearranged schedule we were able to join the White Sox fans and cheer for the home team. It was a great atmosphere and it is amazing how quickly one can become a fan of the home team!
What a brilliant couple of hours to experience a major US sports game! This has truly been a highlight for us---thank you John!
With a quick trip back up to Waukegan we arrived just in time for a specially prepared barbeque meal of ribs (pork), chicken drums,salad and peach cobbler for dessert. We received a generous gift from the hosting area of tee shirts, drink bottles, pen, pencils, notebook etc etc.......very spoilt!
All in all another wonderful day in the US of A.