October 21

Today we woke up and we had breakfast all together (Anna, Paul, Helen and Julia). When we finished they took me to school because the Argentineans were going downtown.

We caught the bus up to Navy Pier. The we had some free time. Some of us went to a simulator of a horror story, we had fun there! Then some of the girls and i bought a hot chocolate because it was very cold outside. We didn't have too much time there so we met with Leandro because we were going to Michigan Avenue walking.

When we arrived we had some shopping time. We only had one hour so we went to H&M and we bought some clothes. I was with Cosuelo, and we were very hungry because we didn't have lunch so we bought some thing to eat at Walgreens. We met the rest of the group at 5:30, we were going to get a boat ride. We enjoyed a lot that activity altough i was afraid of the boat...

We went back to Marist and Anna was waiting for me. We had dinner with four of her friends at Oliver Green's and then we went back to her house. 

October 22

Today we woke up at 9 o clock. We didn't have to go to school, i mean to classes. Anna left me at Marist and then she left. Only the Argentineans had to be there. We were going downtown again.

First we arrived to the science & industry museum. It was very good because there were a lot of interactive things to do. I was all the time with Cami. The best room was the one of the future. There were a lot of things that we couldn't even imagine that exist. We stayed there for some hours and then the school bus came to pick us up.

It took us to the Planetarium where we had lunch. I ordered some chicken tenders with chips. When we finished eating we went to the exhibitions. The last one we saw was the most interestant one, it was a 3D movie about the space junk. 

We walked from there up to the Aquarium, it was freezing but we only had to walked three blocks. We arrived and we bought the tickets. Consuelo and I went to the jellies exhibition first. There were a lot of different species of them. Then we went to see the sharks, the dolphins and the penguins. We stayed there for a long time and then we looked around all the other rooms. When we finished we had like half an hour left so we went to the gift shop. We entered there like 5 times and every time we did it we buy something. 

At 6:30 we arrived to school, Anna was waiting for me. We had dinner with her mom at Portillo's and then we went to Kara's house for a while. 

October 19

Today we woke up at 11 o clock. Sofi was with me and Anna was with her friends. We had breakfast all together and then Anna, Sofi and i went to the school because we were going downtown. We caught the school bus with the rest of the group and we arrived to the serious tower. We went up to the 103rd floor, it was a very beautiful sight from there! We took some pictures there and then we went down again. 

After that we walked up to Michigan av. where we had some free time to go shopping. Consuelo and i went to Forever 21 and we were so excited that we forgot of our lunch time. We bought a lot of things there and then we had to meet the group in the water tower place.

We caught the bus again and we went to the chicago fire stadium. We had dinner in the parking line, some of the parents had done a barbecue for us! Everyrhing tasted really good. When we finished we went in. 

The game lasted like 2 hours. Then we went back to Marist. Anna and i took the car and she drove to Kara's house, Camila Cerutti's host. In our way there we got lost but then Kara called us and explained how to get there. We stayed there for a while and then we came back home. It was a very good day! 

October 20

Today was family day. We woke up at 9 o clock because we had to pick Julia (Ann's sister) from downtown, she was coming from St Louis where her college is. Anna had ti work at 10 o clock, so her parents and i went to pick her sister up. 

When we arrived to the train station we had like half an hour until Julia was going to be there so we went arround to see the city. They showed me a lot of big buildings.

Then we went back to our home to pick Anna up because we were going to Mc Donalds. We bought the food and we ate it in the house because we were watching to a American football game.

After lunch we stayed some time in the house and then we went to the cinema to see Carrie. When the movie finished we went back home and we started prepearing dinner. We ate fish with rice and corn. It was very good! Then Anna, Julia and i played Blitz (cards game) and i won. 

At 10 o clock we went to Hannah's house  because some of the Argentineans  were there. We stayed for a while and then we went back to our house, where we saw The ring.

October 18

Today was a very long day. We woke up and we had breakfst, then we went to school. When we arrived all the Argentineans had to go to the chapel to meet some persons. After that we went to study life office where a woman explained us all the clubs and activities that the school has. In the second hour we had to go back to our classes.

When we finished school we had the Argentineans vs. Americans soccer game. Only the boys were playing but we cheered them. We tied the match 8-8 but the Americans didn't want to play the second half of the game so we don't really tied.. 

After the match Anna, Sofi, her host and i went to Hannah's house to get ready for the barbecue. At 5 o clock we went back to school because we had the asado. It was very good and everyone liked it! We stayed there for two hours and then we went to the American football game. We were siting all together at the front. We won the game. 

Before it finished we went to my house with all the other Argentineans and their hosts. We ate smores, that are mashmellows in the fire and then you add chocolate and cookies. They taste very good! When everyone left some of Anna's friends stayed to sleep over and Sofia too. They wanted to see a movie but we were very tired so we went to sleep. 

October 17

Today we woke up and we had breakfast. It was raining so it was very cold. We arrived to school and we went to all of our classes. In the last one i had to go with all the otjer Argentineans to have a talk with the coach of american football. He taught us how to throw the ball and how to catch it, we had a lot of fun there. 

When we finished school we went to a big shopping mall. There we bought some clothes in Forever 21 and other shops. At 6 o clock we went back he and we had dinner. Anna had to do her homework so i went to Maggie's house with all the others. A few minutes ago Anna and her mom picked me up from there and we went to the supermarket. Then we came back to the house and now we are going to finish some homework for tomorrow. 

October 16

Today was a special day for juniors because they had to take the PSAT exam, which is very difficult and it takes 4 hours to do it. So all the Argentineans went to downtown. When we arrived we went to the Cultural Centre and we saw an art exhibition.
After that we went to the Millenium Park were we take some pictures on the big bean. We had a great time there. We walked a lot until we arrived to the field museum where we saw a lot of different things. The one i most liked was the Creatures of the light exhibition. It was about all the insects that live in the sea and that have light. We been there fot some hours and then the school bus was waiting us to go back to Marist.
We arrived there and we had lunch all together. When we were finishing our hosts arrived. Anna picked me up and we went to her house. She had to do a lot of homework so i went to sleep for a while. At 6 o clock we had to fetch Helen of her work so i wake up. We went back to the house and then we went to Marys' house (Helen's sister) because it was her birthday and she was celebrating it. We ate a lot of pizza and then we had 3 different cakes. All the food were very good. When we finish we came back home and i helped Anna with her Spanish homework.