Today has been exhausting. I’m sitting in the Metra train and commuting home. I have a huge head ache from the heat. I got my Chicago cellphone today from the office and I made my first call in the USA.
In the morning Anya picked us up at the Union Station and we took a cab to the office, as we were running late. At first we had the orientation continued, also it was SO good to speak Estonian again and to hear the quality jokes from Ruuben and listen to stories about other hosts. It seems, that me and Greta are the most satisfied with our family. At WorldChicago we also started with a little bit of brain-storming for the action planning. I’m in the same group with Greta from Lithuania, Rasa and Ralfs from Latvia (both are actually cool. Rasa cares about this precise topic very much, and Ralfs is a very cool guy, nice jokes etc.), Triin from Estonia and also the Estonian chaperone Lauri is working with our group.
After the brain-storming we went to the Canadian Consular for lunch. We had a one hour talk with the consul: interesting information about their education system, history and politics and also a comparison with the USA.
After lunch we returned to the office to meet our Dream Leaders youth from Chicago. We had Mecca and Alyssa (birthdaygirl) in our group for the scavanger hunt. Also Lauri, Monika and Julianne came with us. We ended up being the third group out of three, but we still had loads of fun, although I was quite like melting in the sun and not very active.
At first we headed to the Millenium Park to make a peace sign incorporating the bean and taking a picture of it. Then we had to take a picture of a bunch of people by the head fountains as diverse as possible. Third stop was the most popular stage at Grant park. We wrote a haiku about non- violence and also called our group the haikus. Fourth stop was by Lake Michigan and we had to make as much pictures as possible of people being active. Last thing was to get ten people sign a paper and tell, what’s the biggest issue of importance for them as the Americans. We had immigration and heat and healthcare etc.
The Dream Leaders are all very fun and active and I’m glad that we’re gonna spend more time with them throughout the whole time in Chicago.
Ema ja Neti- helistan teile varsti oma kõnekaardiga, mis mulle siin anti.
Pictures are coming tomorrow I hope.
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