In the morning I had to take care of some work related
issues, unfortunately it was not possible to escape work entirely for 45 days
even though my work is very flexible as I do mainly research and my teaching
takes mainly places between September and May. Nevertheless, I got most of it
done in the morning and so I could head downtown around midday. I went first
for lunch right off the pink line train station at State and Lake. After that I
made my way to the Millennium Park and the Music Pavilion in order to witness
the Grand Park Orchestras open rehearsal for next day’s concert which I
unfortunately were not able anymore to attend because I was already leaving
Chicago on the 8 pm train heading down to New Orleans. Therefore I even more
enjoyed Romeo and Juliette with some interruptions of course by the conductor.
It reminded me about my youth when I was playing in an orchestra in middle
school. I stayed almost until the end of the rehearsal which went all the way
until 1.30 pm. Unfortunately light rain started which made me leave slightly
before the end. I headed back to the Loop and caught the blue line train to
O’Hara Airport which took almost 45 minutes. I wanted to see one of the largest
airports in the world and as my 7 day CTA pass was valid all the way down to
O’Hara I didn’t let this chance pass. Unfortunately there was not much to see
of the air side, O’Hara doesn’t have a visitor platform which I hoped to visit.
So I took a round trip with the terminal train that gave some nice views on the
international terminal but that was pretty much it. I took the blue line train back
towards Chicago until Belmont. From Belmont station I transferred to bus 77
that took me right to Boys Town the gay district of Chicago. There wasn’t too
much to see compared to the Castro in San Francisco or West Hollywood in LA. I
had a little afternoon snack at Whoolfoods and took then the red line back
towards the center. Once back in the Loop I returned to the Millennium Park in
order to attend the Millennium Park’s Summer Film Series and the screening of
Edward Scissorhands. The screening took as well place in the large pavilion.
The movie was shown also in order to commemorating the 25
th
anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act which was released in the
same year as the movie. The movie starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder was
really nice and even so being a movie geek I never had seen it before. After
the screening ended I went over to the Cloud Gate to take some amazing shots
with the art work and the illuminated skyscrapers in the background. I took the
pink line train back to my accommodation.
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Cloud Gate by night |
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Cloud Gate and skyline of Chicago |
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