Well Saturday morning and the team was up and packed, and packed again and repacked into second suitcases! Then we all met at the train station and were driven into Chicago City. We stayed at a hotel in the central city and enjoyed a picnic in Millenium Park looking at the 'Bean'. Then the boys headed off for a boys tour of the city - this apparently included a tour of the art gallery and the library and a tour on the free tram, so we were most impressed. The girls headed off down Michigan Ave and found a few shops but we were pretty restrained, also the cultural centre and then we took a tour on the free tram aswell which included Navy Pier.
Back to the hotel to change and then dinner and then WICKED, which is a musical about the the wicked witches of oz - set in time before the story of the wizard of oz - and it was fabulous.
Then onto a sports bar and some pool with Cath - a GSE ALumnus - who hosted us in her fair city.
A late night followed by an early morning start so we could make it to Waukegan Marina to go sailing. Fab drive with our host through some of the most expensive real estate and one of the most exclusive post codes in the US. We also went past Northwestern University and we think we saw some frat houses - cool!
The boat - a Catalina 42 Mk 11 2009 (!) was absolutely beautiful, sparkly new. Unfortunately there was quite a bit of a chop, wind and some ominous clouds so we didn't go sailing but our host was wonderful. We relaxed on the boat, enjoyed watching the coming and goings off the marina and then he cooked us BBQ lunch and we chilled out before being picked up by our new host families.
No comments:
Post a Comment