Family Blog

On Saturday we arrived in Whitefish Bay, but not without a stop at a shopping mall before. We had a warm welcome at the host parents of Manuel (4 years ago he was there as an exchange student). It was the first time, that we saw them - a really great and friendly family with a nice house. For this day we found no hotel room so we parked our motorhome before their house and slept there (except Manuel, he wanted to sleep in his old "home").

On Sunday sailed on the Michigan Lake. It was an ideal weather for that - sunny and windy (15 - 20 knots). We were two boats and had a good view on Milwaukee. After sailing there was a party for and with us with barbecue (the Americans like barbecue) and different kind of beers (there are some breweries in Wisconsin like the Pabst brewery).

On Monday we visited the Art Gallery of Milwaukee. The building itself was constructed like a ship by a Spanish architect. Normally the roof could be opened but there were some problems with the mechanics in the past. But we were lucky - they fixed it and it was the first day after a longer time that they opened it. It looks very majestic - like a starting swan.

In the evening we were invited at Yunkers who stayed two years in Germany. It was fun to saw some movies from Germany like the movie from the "Autobahn". It was a nice evening.

I was very happy that Grobles helped us the next to give back our motorhome in Chicago and to bring us into the heart of the city. We started at the Art Museum, went thru the Millenium Park, walked along the river and enjoyed the view from the John Hankock Tower. And we tried the special pizzas at Pizza Due which are bigger than the normal pizzas.

On Wednesday I played pool which I did at school the last time. And my son and me played gulf which we never did before. We had a good teacher and we had a lot of fun. Afterwards we had a last time barbecue (and kopps) before we left Wisconsin the next day. It were five wonderful days at a wonderful family.