Chicago Highlights

Four days after the huge snow storm, cars are still blocked in on the side streets.  Searching for a vacant parking spot, I slowly drive down a narrow one-way street in Chicago.  Finding a spot that has been shovelled just enough to pull a vehicle out of, I manoeuvre my car into that spot.  Proud of my left hand parallel parking job, I bundle up and find some old friends that recently moved into a new condo.  I didn't have an apartment number, or their phone number, but after a quick prayer and a push to a button that had no description, my friend Esther answered the door. 

 I was quickly introduced to her husband Josiah and he offered to take us out for lunch.  Tucked inconspicuously on a street near Lincoln Park was a restaurant called Orange.  What a treat!!  I ordered
Chai Tea French Toast: Baked, chai tea-infused French toast, stuffed with Ricotta cheese, served over a chai tea latte reduction and topped with honey and caramelized apples. 8.99
Finishing our scrumptious meals around 2 pm, we paraded down a few streets until we came to the Lincoln Park Zoo.  A free experience for the day.

This dwarf crocodile got upset when my flash went off.

Africa follows me everywhere!

Reaching for the unreachable

Sheer beauty!

  Zooming over tollways, I arrived back at International Teams in time to fellowship with my fellow trainees before tucking in to bed.  A great day of rest.