Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
May 20th 2012
Amnesty International is an organization that is fighting to see "every person-regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity- enjoy all the human rights": found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other internantionally recognized human right standards. This is not just a statement that people are hopping will come true on its own; Amnesty International unites people from all over the world to join and fight for human rights by doing the following: Research, keeping vigilant watch over "the right people", and by publishing hundreds of based on rigorous research. Taking ction, by campaining and long-term case work, by providing people stories of individuals at risk to international media to get the attention of the government officials, corporations, international institutions, and policy makers, and by advocating. With more than 3 mil ... read more
May 20th 2012
RIHLA #29 - Investigate AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL's website and write a full page summary that explains what the organization is and includes information on ONE article from the website (there are MANY options to choose from depending on where you search). How do your findings relate to Human Rights? What is your reaction? Explain fully. The Amnesty International's website is a group that has many followers all around th... read more
Day Five - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLAISE!!!! (Chicago & Camping)
Published: May 23rd 2012North America » United States » Illinois » Chicago
May 20th 2012
Happy Birthday Blaise!!!! We rent to a really cool Bar for Blaise's Birthday!! It was goooood to see soo many people out in the city again. So is it "Hast du alle Tasten/ Tassen im Schrank?" :D And does a sheep do "beeh" , "baah", or "maaah" ?? Yup, that's what we talk about! In the morning we hit the road again to get to the Badlands. We camped on the way. Had a nice bonfire, food and drinks. It was freezing cold at night though.... read more
May 19th 2012
Once we hit the University of Chicago, Blaise couldn't let go. 6 hours later we finally made it to the IIT and downtown. We had drinks at a roof top bar, where we had a very interesting conversation about how the spiders got to facade of the 95th floor. How much time do they need? Oh, and Sybil just realized she had a Chicago-Guide...in the car.... read more
May 19th 2012
Amnesty International RIHLA #29 - Investigate AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL's website and write a full page summary that explains what the organization is and includes information on ONE article from the website (there are MANY options to choose from depending on where you search). How do your findings relate to Human Rights? What is your reaction? Explain fully. The orgianization works to protect people in justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. They are the world’s largest human rights organization, we investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world. They also received the Nobel Peace Prize for their life-saving work. Their vision is of a world in which everybody no matter of race, religio... read more
Day Four - Chicago Downtown
Published: May 20th 2012North America » United States » Illinois » Chicago
May 19th 2012
We explored the whole downtown of chicago... now we all have a sunburn (except of Jovan). Had delicious deep dish pizza.... couldn't eat more than once slice though. And went to a "secret bar" that was hidden behind a graffitti wall.... read more
Chicago - Friday 11th May 2012
Published: May 14th 2012North America » United States » Illinois » Chicago
May 14th 2012
Friday 11th May We awake at around 05:00 we were passing through Indiana. I think the word “Sleeper” is a bit of a misnomer. Although you can lay down horizontal as if in a bed – the chances of getting a good night sleep are minimal. You get flung about as the train trundles along, and the train driver insists on tooting his horn every 30 seconds – I felt like putting his horn where the sun does not shine!! It also felt a bit cold in the night – must ask for an extra blanket on the next overnight sleeper! We put the beds away and get dressed and showered in time for breakfast at 06:00. Getting ready in these sleeper cars is always a bit of a challenge with the limited space ... read more
May 13th 2012
Day 4 Sunday May 13 Ow what a day of days this was going to turn out to be waking up in a strange apartment at 5:30am being spooned by our hostel rep sierra somthing tells me last night was a very eventful evening. Sierra and I were both still very drunk my with no sign of Michael I hoped he was on his way back to the hostel I rang him several times with no answer and txt him with little reward great three nights in I had lost my friend ow well I thought I'm sure he'll turn up it's like when you loose your keys they will turn up when ur not looking for them arriving in the hostel at 6:15am I immediately went to our shared room to look for Michael and ... read more
May 12th 2012
Saturday 12th May ChicagoToday we had arranged to meet Emma (a lady whom we met the previous day) to go and watch the man city vs QPR game uptown at a pub that had been recommended to us. Emma being a man city fan was buzzing the whole way in the rain to only find out we had gone on the wrong day. With the time difference the game was on at 9 am our time. The game was on Sunday not the saturday. I read the schedule wrong. My bad. Either way we say down and had a pint of Chicago's finest beer then headed back to the hostel. Rich and I made the decision to travel buy the greyhound bus for the first two months of our trip which was to the amusement of ... read more
May 11th 2012
Day 2 Chicago - 11th May You would of thought we would be in bed all day today due to the jet lag, not sleeping for 24+ hours and being horrendously hungover from our first night out in Chicago and the USA, but due to from what I believe was that from what rich tells me is that I woke him up at 7.30 to tell him it was 9.30. Think I was dreaming or something. Either way we were both up early and a lot to do on little sleep. The Chicago getaway hostel so far seems pretty decent. Very clean and friendly with wifi which is a saviour. We decided to walk into Chicago which was such a bad idea with scorching sun and crappy shoes on. We walked a very long way. Whilst ... read more
