Chicago

Day 1: 2nd August

Today we walked around Chicago in the sun and visited the Art Institute which was a pretty big museum. We saw a cool display of interior design in Europe and America where they had made miniature models of rooms from different historical periods.
We then headed to the beach where we ate fast food in a bar shaped like a boat! I didn't even know there was a beach in Chicago (they never talked about that in ER (Urgences)!!), but it was sooooo crowded! There were loads of volleyball pitches and all of them were full. The lake is so big it is like the sea, you can't see the other side so it really is like being at a beach. Some people asked if we wanted to play volleyball so Alex and Josh beat a few people to represent Madison, since they both play in a pub team.
We were pretty hot at the beach so we went back to the apartment where there is a pool and a gym (how cool!) and cooled off.
That evening Florian and I lost our sushi virginity to a huge platter of sushi that Alex ordered to make us taste the best things. It was my first real sushi restaurant and it was so good! I am converted!

Day 2: 3rd August

Got up pretty late and went straight out for pizza, but not just any kind of pizza, Chicago famous stuffed pizza. It was soooooo good, full of mozarella cheese and very filling. Almost more like a pie than a pizza. I can tell that with Alex and Josh we are going to eat a lot of food....

We tried to get to the aquarium in the afternoon but there was a big concert and a soccer game so parking was expensive plus we had to be back in Wisconsin for a volleyball match so we didn't make it. We got back to Madison at 6 and had a tour of Alex and Josh's beautiful house before going to the bar where they play volleyball. It's pretty cool, the bar has a sand pitch set up in the car park and they organise a league every night of the week. It was a close match but they won, I think it was thanks to our shameless cheerleading!

We finished the night with burgers from the bar and Wisconsin beer.