



So Chicago, i met up with my old internet friend Sebastian and we talked about a whole load of stuff, including how the world is becoming more impersonal since everything is done online and via self service machines, how the media spreads paranoia and distrust (see 9/11), how corporate interests obstruct social reform.
We shot some archery in his back garden and went to an english themed pub as i hadn't had a steak pie for 3 months. It wasn't great, but what did i expect!
I stayed the night in Englewood, an area described as "up and coming", but it seemed nice enough in the daytime! $12 to sleep on a sofa including a friendly chatty host, several other foreign travellers, getting my laundry done, breakfast, internet and a friendly cat is not to be scoffed at, even if there were some stories involving the police!
Next day i got what turned out to be a free water taxi ride across the marina at sunset, and then we went out for two firsts for me, Chicago stuffed pizza (its like a double decker) and a jazz club. Niceeeeeeeee.
Visa running out so onwards to Canada...