A bit of a sleep in this morning following yesterdays great day at Providence HS. The boys are still talking about it and all over Instagram.
We broke off into our small groups today for a walk up and down Michigan Avenue - the main street of Chicago, not far from our hotel. There are shops and places to eat and places to spend your hard earned. The groups visited Nike Store, the Jordan store and Macy's to name a few. Hopefully they have all bought something nice for all you mum's and dad's back home in Australia as a thank-you for letting them come on this trip. Nike shoes may not be the best present for mum. The Navy Pier is located at the end of the road our hotel is on and its a nice spot too. There is a big ferris wheel there, much like the London Eye, that looks out over Lake Michigan. TODAY'S FUN FACT: Jim Dreyer also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete and he was the first person to swim across Lake Michigan 65 miles (105 km), in 1998. Our next and last shopping opportunity will be at the outlet stores in LA. Get any last requests in soon. We met back at the hotel at 3pm for a bus trip out to St Rita's to watch their varsity team play. St Rita's is also part of the Augustinian order and the school is over 100 years old. We were warmly welcomed and met many staff including the Principal. We were taken down to the magnificent chapel and had a look there. It truly is a lovely building and many former students get married in there. We then had a dinner provided for us by St Rita's and then went in to see the game - St Rita's Mustangs v Loyola Academy Ramblers. The game was pretty quick and the St Rita coach was particularly animated during the match. St Rita's won 33-30 but it could have gone either way in the closing minutes. The cheerleaders did some gravity-defying moves too. We arrived back to the hotel with strict instructions for the boys to pack TONIGHT and set their alarms for 5:30am. We need to be on the bus and driving off by 6:10am. Wish us luck. Any boy that's late will feel the wrath of Miss Donnellan. I've seen that wrath before and its pretty intimidating. In fact I hope one boy does sleep in so I can record the ensuing verbal barrage. Check back here tomorrow night for the potential footage! We head off to LA tomorrow for the last leg of our trip. The 4hr flight could be testing for some of us, but at least we can shed some layers as the temp will go up once we hit California. The shorts can come back out too. Phew. Timing will be tight in LA. We are due to attend the UCLA v Cincinnati college match so lets hope for no delays on the tarmac or no oversize baggage problems. Gotta get packing. See you in Los Angeles. JS
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Mum Scholtens
12/16/2017 05:23:14 pm
Loving your work James!
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