Loco Mexico

On Monday we had the tolerance diversity day. In the Morning we took the CTA to Pilson, the Mexican neighbourhood in Chicago. It was the first time for me take the L, it was just loud, very loud. I prefer Metra. We walked through the blocks and avarything around us was very colorful, a lot of paintings called mirals, even in the train stations. It was very interesting for me to see the different parts of Chicago.





First stop was Radio Arte, a Mexican radio channel for youth, functioning on the volunteer work by the youth themselves. We were taken on a tour at the station and then we had an interactive session about immigration and getting the citizenship of the USA.





We had lunch at Mexican restaurant, not my taste, but it was a very typical place at that neighbourhood I guess and it was nice to chat with the girls from Radio Arte.



We were supposed to go to the Museum of Mexican Art, but it was closed on Mondays, so we went right back to the office, started with the action planning and then had some free time for shopping. I liked many shops on the State street (Urban Outfitters, Charlotte Russe), but we had to little time, so I didn’t buy anything.

We went home afterwards and met Lauren, finally. All the family has been talking about her and now she’s finally home from the camp. She’s a very pretty girl, much more quiet, but she seems to be have a very outstanding personality and much inside. We had a very good dinner: salad and noodles with vegetables.

After dinner Jeff invited us to his friend’s place. (I’m not sure if I spell Jeff’s friends’ names correctly) On our way there we stopped by Dominic’s, a huge supermarket and also Jeff’s and Lauren’s school. From 9th to 12th grade they have 5000 students. (Yes, there isn’t one 0 too much) It was just huge, they have tennis courts a swimming pool, two cafeterias, performing arts hall etc.

Arriving very late me, Greta, Lauren and Jeff went to Lukas’ (Polish) apartement with an ice cream cake saying „Happy Birthday Jas“. Jas is an Indian friens of Jeff’s and it wasn’t his birthday actually. I guess it was just an inside joke. There was also Lukas’ girlfriend and Gracian. These guys were really funny, especially Jas. We played monopoly and we had a kind of an alliance with Greta, so we were kind of winning. But we had to go home, so Gracian drove us there, it was scary to say the least, the turnes and the speed...õõh.

All in all it was a really fun day. We got to see more of the real Chicago life, going to the Mexican area and meeting Jeff’s friends and seeing the monsterous school.