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I finally found the time to write something about Chicago! And what can I say? Chicago is great, modern, stylish and the coolest place in the USA I've seen up till now! On friday we left in the morning, so I didn't go to school :p Around 11am I, Lacey, Janie and Jane Bradley got at the omni hotel in Chicago. It's a very cool hotel and right in the middle of the city. Right after we got there we already went to have lunch next to the old water tower, which is one of the oldest buildings in Chicago, since it didn't burn down in the fire of 1871. It was really cool to suddenly see it between all those skyscrapers. After lunch we went to the American Girl store, a doll store Jane Bradley is obsessed with. She has 8 American dolls and a lot of accessoires for them. In the American Girl she bought even more! But that's something me and Janie didn't witness, since we got scared of all the dolls :p We went to H&M, which is across the road, The Magnificent Mile. I bought a shirt and a pare of jeans there. After shopping in H&M we met up with Lacey and Jane Bradley, to go back to hotel and to get ready for dinner. We had dinner at a very cool place, called 'Carnivale'. It was a very colorful Mexican restaurant and the food was very good! After dinner we saw Chicago by night through a chariot ride. It was a very fun evening! Saturday, we had breakfast at 'Toast', which was really good and gave us energy to start the day! After that we took a cap to downtown Chicago, where we went to see Millenium park, which has the bean in it. The bean or the cloud gate is a really big mirror in the shape of a bean. After that we went to do some more shopping and I and Janie bought some really cool things at Zara! We had lunch in the hotel, which was also really good. And after that we went to the Navy peer, a place at the great lake 'Michigan', where there's a lot of things to do, as the theatre, the children's museum and a ferry wheel. We went to do all these things and at the theatre we saw the musical 'Shrek'! A surprise of Janie, because she knows I will be the witch in the school musical. It was really funny to see my character. For dinner we had the thickest pizza ever! They are typical Chicago! ;) On sunday we took the plane back, but before that we first went to see the aquarium! It had a ton of different fish and we could even pet fish that thrive in the great lakes! It was a great weekend and I'm so thankful that Lacey, Janie and Jane Bradley took me to all these beautiful places in Chicago ! Ah I love them! Byebye!
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It's been more than a week since my last blog entry so this is going to be a summary of the whole week because there are some things I want to write down. First, on monday I had my first pledge of allegiance! It was very sudden, because after the first day I guessed they didn't do it in that school. But apparently they do it every monday. On wednesday after school I got picked up by Anna, a friend from church and we went to Orange leaf. It's an Ice Cream bar, where you can take as much ice cream as you can with whatever sprinklers you like. The price is based on the weight of you ice cream cup. I had a 'wedding cake' ice cream with a lot of sprinklers, all kinds ;p. Anna is the leader of the junior small group and she is 24. She is so sweet and I can't wait for the small groups to start! On thursday I was really nervous! Because I was going to audition for Shrek the musical after school! I had rehearsed the night before and Lacey and Brad told me I was going to be great! Before school started was the first time I got picked by Bjay Sanders, he will be my ride for the mornings. He's one of Caroline's friends and I'm glad he offered to drive me. So after school I had my audition around 5 pm. I entered with a group of 10 and I was the last one! :O The sentences I had to sing went really good! The monologue too, but I had to do it again but with a lower voice. On thursday evening we celebrated Lacey's birthday! She turned 32! Her parents (John and Marguerite), sister (Janie) and her boyfriend (Colby), joined in too! We ate taco and strawberry cake. Lacey also liked all the presents and mine too! I got her Belgium Cook Book! Janie gave me 2 tops she didn't wear anymore and they fit! They are so cute and I really like Janie's clothing style! Friday in the morning Lacey and Brad left town for one weekend, because that was Lacey's birthday present from Brad. After school I went to drink coffee with Claire and Haley. And after that I and Claire went to my host parents house because I had to pack, since I, Jane Bradley, Beckam and Brooke would stay at Lacey's parents house during the weekend. After that we caught up with Haley again and we went to have dinner at Newk's. I had a tomato soup and a simply salad. This was also the first day I had no meat! :O So Haley and Claire offered a vegetarian week. First one to give up has to treat the others. Well Claire already gave up, but me and Claire are still in the game! :D Yay! After that I went at the Renaissance with Claire, a shopping mall in Madison. I found a really cute and cheap shorts and shirts! At 7 pm we went to see Lee Daniels 'The Butler', a really good movie! You should watch it ;). Poor Claire cried! After the movie, Claire dropped me of at Lacey's parents. Saturday, I went fishing at the lake near Lacey's parents house. I didn't catch anything tough. In the afternoon we went to see despicable me 2, which was really funny and the kids loved it. After the movie we went back and we drove around the neighbourhood with the four wheeler, I did too! It was scary at first but it went really good! On sunday morning we went to church again and in the afternoon Lacey and Brad came back from their weekend. At 5:30pm we went to a event of Highlands, our church. It was really fun! There were hotdogs and hamburgers, a band performing, and watersides! But since I and Haley were still in the bet, we didn't eat any meat! We ate an awesome sandwich with crisps, cheese, pickles, tomato, lettuce, onion and ketchup! It was really good! Around 6:30pm all the teens could go on the waterslides and it was so fun! Facts: - Extra large T-shirts and Nikeys in school - Nikey shorts! - A lot of iPhones! |
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