On Tuesday evening Suzanne, Alyssa, Jeff and Lauren picked us up at the station and we went to a buffet called Sweet Tomatoes, they had really tasty food there. Afterwards we went to a crafts store just on the other side of the parking lot to see if they have any beads. And they did! They had all sorts of beads: glass, lucite, semi- precious, metal etc. I bought some of them, OK, I bought a whole bunch of them and then also a big bag of candies from Target, to bring home. (Neti, valmistu)! For the rest of the evening we just hanged out and looked at some videos on youtube.
On Wednesday morning we met with Kevin Lampe, who is working with many different politics, including Barack Obama, giving them advice on how to get the message out there and how to give a speech. We had a workshop and learned a lot of interesting and useful tips for public speaking.
We had some pizza for lunch and then Monika was replaced by Meagan from DC. We went to the Willis Tower (formerly Sears) and the elevator took us to the 103rd floor. My ears popped badly. The wiew was awesome, although it was a little bit hazy. Even the other big skyscrapers looked small from down there. There were a couple of glass boxes there, coming out of the building. We could go and step on them.
After Sears we had some time for action planning and Abby came by to finalise the documentaries. Our documentary was so hearttouching, especially because I had been to the orphanage myself. We went home with the six o'clock train.
As Alyssa was flying to New York the next day we kind of had our last farewell dinner, last dinner all together. Jeff also made pavlovas, that were just delicious and the Wexlers surprised us with a really heartwarming gifts. They gave us a framed picture of me, Greta, Jeff, Lauren and Alyssa and a card with all their great wishes. I almost had tears in my eyes, because it felt so sad that we had to leave their family so soon. They really made our time in Chicago the best!
After dinner we went on a walk to the neighbourhood and also dropped Alyssa to her friend's place and said our last goodbyes. I had a long and interesting conversation with Jeff. It was nice to walk around there, because we didn't have any time to do that before.
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