Thanksgiving Adventures



Unfortunately, it’s too far for me to travel home for Thanksgiving, but this year I joined my roommate and her family in Chicago.  It was a lot of fun.  We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with her family and spent the rest of break exploring Chicago or lying around actually taking a break. 

Lake Michigan is cold.  Luca, my roommate’s dog, dropped her ball off the pier and since she doesn’t understand depth, I had to go get it.  It was only about knee deep, but there were ice chunks on shore and the water was freezing.  It was worth it though to see Luca happy again.  She was very upset about losing her ball and was trying to dig through the water to get it. 

We also saw some of Chicago’s sights.  We went to Millennium Park and saw a bunch of strange art.  The iconic piece being The Bean.  The Bean is actually supposed to be a cloud, but, despite its mirror surface, it is very much bean shaped. 

Another highlight was the trip to the botanical gardens.  Though not currently flowering, we were excited to see the corpse flower.  Since the plants are quite hard to take care of and their flowers smell like rotting meat (that is, when they can be coaxed into blooming), they are an uncommon sight. 

We also went to visit the aquarium.  Pictured here are eggs from a bamboo shark.  They are alive and we were able to see them wriggling around inside their eggs.  They were adorable.

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