day three

Getting out, getting lost and finding out way is almost a theme for the following year for each group participating. Finding our own way once or twice is inevitable. To help us out with is, the directors have put together a list of destinations throughout the city that we were supposed to find. Having Jacob, the Chicago native, in our group, it really helps us out for this month and getting around as we do everything in our country groups. Keeping this in mind, we usually finish our "scavenger hunts" of the city quite quickly and allow ourselves free time to explore the city. Being downtown, we figured we may as well explore the sights that everyone tags with Chicago. This is actually one of my favorite spots in Chicago. While lots of friends would suggest Wrigley Field (cubs), U.S. Cellular field (white sox), United Center (bulls and blackhawks) or maybe the Sears Tower (which now has some other unknown name), I would suggest this area to anyone as it is in the middle of the art district. Chicago Art Institute is right next door, and the Contemporary Art Museum is just up the road. This particular sculpture is known around the world as "the bean" (Cloud Gate) and is in Millineum Park. Millions of people have taken their picture in the reflection, which is naturally distorted due to the bend of the sculpture. So, like every other tourist, we did the same!