CHICAGO!!!

on july 24th my plane took off to chicago. the place where i stayed the first days was so gross, that you really don't want to see any pictures of that... anyway, i had a great time: some cultural stuff like museums (chicago art institute, field museum of natural history, historical museum of chicago, museum of contemporary art: try to read - it will drive you crazy after a time...), a lot of walking trough the city, a lake and river cruise with a special and of course the amazing view from the sears tower! but the best thing about this trip was the meet-up with aki, that guy i grew up with in berlin. some of you might remember him... we were really close until about 10 years of age and totally lost contact when his family left berlin for wisconsin in 2000. well i put his name up on myspace this march and found him there! and last friday i finally got to meet him. that feeling is just too crazy, it even took away my words for a moment (which doesn't happen very often ;) ) well we had a great time in chicago, but we checked into another hotel ;) hehe

a walk trough millennium park:

chicago style pizza (stuffed pizza)

a strange bridge...

the "chicago bean" was one of my favorites...

a walk around navy pier with fireworks later the evening:

view from the ferriswheel

wonder maze :D

john hancock tower

hey aki!

buckingham fountain

our lake & river cruise:

"the corn cobs" first 10 floors are parking lots, the rest are condos. was in some famous movies with cars crashing through the fences...

skyline :)

view from the skydeck of the sears tower: daylight, sunset, nighttime and fireworks! damn good :)