Wednesday, June 29, 2005
So yesterday we made it through Chicago alive.
And not only alive, but remarkably well! We were like, pros!
However, if not for the grace of God, who knows where I'd be now. :)
We started off the morning with a little Krispy Kreme at the Belvidere Oasis. Yesssss. I love to support Krispy Kreme since they are so good to Loras.
And then we drove until we got in toward Chicago. I called Sister Mary Emily to find out where her sister's store is located, and Elizabeth took on the traffic. She's a whiz at that stuff. When we got into Cumberland St. we took the L into Chicago. It was my first real L experience, and I think I did great. We got the all-day pass, and it was quite fun. We didn't encounter any weirdos (Erin has plenty of stories!), but it was fun, regardless. When we got on the bus I put my card in backwards and looked like a fool. But Elizabeth outdid my foolishness by leaning against the door. The bus driver stopped and said over the intercom (the bus was completely packed) "Will the person leaning against the door please move? Excuse me. The person leaning against the door..." and meanwhile the nice folks behind us were like "Um...move..." and Elizabeth was like "I moved! I moved!" Oh man, I laughed so hard. Then we were like "Dude, this stuff is so much easier to deal with when you don't speak their language. Why can't we be in Europe?!" Haha. Then we got to the Museum of Science and Industry and we saw the Body Worlds exhibit. Boy was it ever neat. It was done very well - very informative and interesting. I liked it a lot. There was a section that had embryos and fetuses that was really very good for the pro-life cause. I don't know how anyone could have walked away from that section denying that the child within the womb is truly a child...I mean, it was plain as day. It was a really neat exhibit, altogether. Then we stopped for some refreshments (no Choco-tacos, though), and went to the Omnimax presentation of "The Human Body". It was really great. There was a really tacky part which I laughed at (Elizabeth didn't find it nearly as amusing as I did) where the video was talking about the moment of conception, and just as they start explaining it the song "Let's Get It On" started playing in the background. I thought it was quite clever...as did most people. :) And come on, the people they were talking about were married! Hehe. Anyway, after that we got back on the bus and we were trying to find the Taste of Chicago. All we knew was it was in the Grant Park area. Yeah, that helped us Rockfordians. So, I (or, rather, the grace of God) decided to get off at State and Madison, which took us right to Millennium Park. If you haven't been there and ever have the opportunity, GO. It was beautiful! And we got to splash in water with kids. Hoorah. We took pictures with my Disney Princesses camera (yes, I am that cool). After we were done watching kids play, we walked through the gardens, and just beyond the gardens was the Taste of Chicago! We had no idea!! Hoorah! So, we went in there and ate delicious food. We started with Celtic corn on the cob, and then had some pierogies (I had spinach, Elizabeth had potato), then we got some refreshing Bailey's ice cream (YUM! BAILEY'S!). Then we walked around a bit, looked at people...and stopped for the mother of all kielbasas. Oh my gosh, it was huge and delicious...I couldn't even TRY to finish it. I love kielbasa. It was sooo good. We sat by the Buckingham fountain and watched kids play with the pigeons and ate the kielbasa. When we were finished we took a picture by the Buckingham fountain (this guy took the picture for us, using the Disney Princesses camera...boy did he look cute with that camera...har har...if he only knew...). Then we headed back to the L, and to Rockford. It was a GREAT day. I LOVED it. Bring on round 2 - IKEA! (as in...I had no IKEA that my room could look this great!)
Vocation camp - NEXT WEEK!
Pax et veritas!
I heart the Polish.
And not only alive, but remarkably well! We were like, pros!
However, if not for the grace of God, who knows where I'd be now. :)
We started off the morning with a little Krispy Kreme at the Belvidere Oasis. Yesssss. I love to support Krispy Kreme since they are so good to Loras.
And then we drove until we got in toward Chicago. I called Sister Mary Emily to find out where her sister's store is located, and Elizabeth took on the traffic. She's a whiz at that stuff. When we got into Cumberland St. we took the L into Chicago. It was my first real L experience, and I think I did great. We got the all-day pass, and it was quite fun. We didn't encounter any weirdos (Erin has plenty of stories!), but it was fun, regardless. When we got on the bus I put my card in backwards and looked like a fool. But Elizabeth outdid my foolishness by leaning against the door. The bus driver stopped and said over the intercom (the bus was completely packed) "Will the person leaning against the door please move? Excuse me. The person leaning against the door..." and meanwhile the nice folks behind us were like "Um...move..." and Elizabeth was like "I moved! I moved!" Oh man, I laughed so hard. Then we were like "Dude, this stuff is so much easier to deal with when you don't speak their language. Why can't we be in Europe?!" Haha. Then we got to the Museum of Science and Industry and we saw the Body Worlds exhibit. Boy was it ever neat. It was done very well - very informative and interesting. I liked it a lot. There was a section that had embryos and fetuses that was really very good for the pro-life cause. I don't know how anyone could have walked away from that section denying that the child within the womb is truly a child...I mean, it was plain as day. It was a really neat exhibit, altogether. Then we stopped for some refreshments (no Choco-tacos, though), and went to the Omnimax presentation of "The Human Body". It was really great. There was a really tacky part which I laughed at (Elizabeth didn't find it nearly as amusing as I did) where the video was talking about the moment of conception, and just as they start explaining it the song "Let's Get It On" started playing in the background. I thought it was quite clever...as did most people. :) And come on, the people they were talking about were married! Hehe. Anyway, after that we got back on the bus and we were trying to find the Taste of Chicago. All we knew was it was in the Grant Park area. Yeah, that helped us Rockfordians. So, I (or, rather, the grace of God) decided to get off at State and Madison, which took us right to Millennium Park. If you haven't been there and ever have the opportunity, GO. It was beautiful! And we got to splash in water with kids. Hoorah. We took pictures with my Disney Princesses camera (yes, I am that cool). After we were done watching kids play, we walked through the gardens, and just beyond the gardens was the Taste of Chicago! We had no idea!! Hoorah! So, we went in there and ate delicious food. We started with Celtic corn on the cob, and then had some pierogies (I had spinach, Elizabeth had potato), then we got some refreshing Bailey's ice cream (YUM! BAILEY'S!). Then we walked around a bit, looked at people...and stopped for the mother of all kielbasas. Oh my gosh, it was huge and delicious...I couldn't even TRY to finish it. I love kielbasa. It was sooo good. We sat by the Buckingham fountain and watched kids play with the pigeons and ate the kielbasa. When we were finished we took a picture by the Buckingham fountain (this guy took the picture for us, using the Disney Princesses camera...boy did he look cute with that camera...har har...if he only knew...). Then we headed back to the L, and to Rockford. It was a GREAT day. I LOVED it. Bring on round 2 - IKEA! (as in...I had no IKEA that my room could look this great!)
Vocation camp - NEXT WEEK!
Pax et veritas!
I heart the Polish.
