Day 5: Chicago

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I felt better today. This morning I found a tick on myself in the shower so I removed it completely. I have started a regimen of antibiotics in order to prevent Lyme Disease (just in case I might have gotten it). After a late morning in the hotel, Jerome and I took public transportation into downtown Chicago. The train was not very crowded, but it took an hour and fifteen minutes from our hotel.

In Chicago, we stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts for something to eat and then split up. Jerome went to practice and I spent the afternoon with Chie. Chie and I walked around dowtown and some of the park areas there. At a statue of Abraham Lincoln, we saw two crazy guys posing for photos, as well as a pigeon. Another pigeon dive-bombed us while we were walking! We saw Sue, the tyrannosaur, at the entrance of the museum. We then took a bus through dowtown and stopped at the Lego store. Chie and I had fun taking pictures and we each bought Star Wars key chains. We also went to a popcorn shop, Garrets.

We met Jerome again a little later to go eat stuffed pizza at Giordanos! It was very good, but I could not eat very much. Now I have to coach Shostakovich this summer because Chie ate more then me.

We then went to a coffee shop and then back to the hotel for the night via public transportation.

More to come...

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