Monday and Tuesday the girls were still with my parents. Wednesday they went to the first day of summer camp at NMU and that went well. I managed to catch up on some things in the house and plug away at a few projects. Tuesday night was their first piano lesson and they love their teacher. Both are more motivated to practice right now.
So happy we live in Marquette! Definitely not a big city person any more. It was great to spend some time with friends and family though. We stayed in Milwaukee with my cousin and ate dinner at a nice Greek restaurant to celebrate the girls impressive job this school year on Thursday night.
On Friday we drove to the edge of Chicago and took the 'L' (metro) into the city. Avoided traffic and saved a lot of money. Much better than the train from Milwaukee which only runs four times per day and would have cost $160 bucks. Public transport is a joke around here. We enjoyed the river walk and made it to our passport appointment early. It cost two hours and 1000 bucks but we should have our new Dutch passports soon. Now onto the American ones. Luckily those can be done in Marquette. On the way back we tried to spend time in Millennium Park but it was under construction.
On Saturday we found a great bagel place for lunch and got a dozen to bring home for a friend. We ate by the marina. It was a beautiful day! Then we got to check out the domes at the botanical gardens. Cool spot. After a rest we ate dinner with friends and then had a fire with s'mores in the backyard. Sunday was a long drive home but we got to stop at my aunt and uncle's for lunch and had dinner with my parents. Great way to break up the drive. Sure am glad to be home!
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| Dinner at the Greek restaurant. |
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| First look at a skyscraper. |
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| Fog moving in off Lake Michigan. |
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| The Riverwalk was great. |
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| Lunch by the lake. |
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| Mitchell Domes |
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| Must be Milwaukee. |
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| The domes are so tall! |
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| Stinky Corpse Flowers. |
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| Time for s'mores! |
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