America : Sunny day in Chicago

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So here is my last day in Chicago. I went back to the John Hancock Building for two reasons. The first was to take pictures of the city from above during the day. The second was to verify something. And yes, after verification, the best view in the all building is in the lady toilet, sorry about that guys.
That was a pretty hot day and I walked a lot again, must love walking.
I also went to see the bean and did some interesting pictures of it. I like the light effect on the curved mirror. Maybe that's a physicist thing but I was trying to see how my own image was moving on the surface as I walk around and under. I spend quite a lot of time there, that was fun.
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America : Baha'i House of Worship

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The next day, I went to visit the Baha'i House of Worship for the North American Continent with my host. That was really beautiful. I like how all the Baha'i temples have a different architecture. I'm not religious myself but it was interesting to learn about a new faith.

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Cooking : Fava bean spaghetti

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The other day, I went shopping to and other shop than my usual one. It's just across the street from the usual one so not much more difficult to get there. That was incredible. That was more like a market than like a shop but still you had all the products that you can find in supermarket, plus a lot of fresh vegetable, fish, meat. Anyway, I found fava bean, something I hadn't eat for years. Probably since childhood actually. So I decided to get some and to prepare myself something with them. I also go the little funny mushroom that I tested at the restaurants sometimes.

What do you need :

Spaghetti

Fava bean
Mushrooms
A tomato
5 crab sticks

Preparation :

Take the skin away from the fava beans. Cut the mushroom
Put the Fava bean and mushroom in some boiling water until the beans are cooked.
Cook the spaghetti.
Cut the tomato and crab sticks in dice.
Fry the vegetable and crab stick in a pan.
Put them on the top of the spaghetti.

いただきます !

Japan : Sakura trees are Japan soul

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Yesterday evening I went to the 野川 (Nogawa) river to see the Sakura trees enlighten. That was really magical. The blooming trees were pinkish and white on the dark night sky. I wouldn't have been surprised to see little fairies. My friend told me that the Sakura trees are Japan soul and he asked me what the France soul is, if that's the Eiffel Tower. I didn't really know what to answer. I never thought about it before. Maybe Japan is going to teach me new feelings. Looking at the trees probably did, that's difficult to explain.
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America : Glass museum at Navy Pier

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In the evening I went to a concert of Jazz where the boyfriend of my host was playing, at Navy Pier.
Then we went to the stained glass window museum. Here are some pictures of the exposition. And us playing with the mirrors.

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America : Walk in Chicago and zoo

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The next morning I went to walk in an other part of Chicago and kind of scared myself with a guy following me. Then I took the train to go to a more secure part of town to the Ernest Hemingway museum. Unfortunately is was close.
In the afternoon I walked to the zoo. Chicago has a free zoo in the middle of town which was pretty cool.
That was a long and warm day and I walked a lot.

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America : China town in Chicago

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The next day I went to walk in China Town in the morning and I stayed there for lunch in a new Japanese restaurant which was just opening. Some people I know went there too but only saw the main street, not the mall that is a bit further away. I think that the mall was the most interesting part of it.
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