Packed and prepared for a tourist day in Chicago: swimsuit and the hotel's address card just in case...Most of us were awake long before breakfast opened at six o'clock, still having Swedish time in our systems.
Vanessa and her colleagues took us to the train station in Lombard, a 45 minute ride from Chicago city center.
Swedish fish sweets?
First sight of the day: Sears Tower, third tallest building in the world, 110 storeys high. The elevator ride was great fun and the view amazing this clear and sunny day.
Picknick lunch before the bus ride to Oak Beach, for a swim and some rest.
Four persons we gave our CD today:
- The Chicago lady who entered the local CTA bus we were traveling. She was dressed in a t-shirt just like ours! And didn't really see us first, until we cheered her and gave her a big applause. Then she looked up and was she surprised!
- The nice lady who showed us the much quicker underground express bus back to the train station after our swim at Oak Beach.
- The train conductor who found a lost mobile phone of ours on the train and returned it at the Lombard platform when returning to Chicago.
- A photographer at our dinner restaurant who took a group photo and said he would put the picture in the paper (?).
Being a group of 30 people dressed in yellow SWEDEN t-shirts, we did attract some attention on our sight seeing. So many friendly questions, comments and well wishes from all kinds of people, it was an awesome day!
All the missing bags are all back, all parents can relax.
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