A Day of Firsts

After the hectic day before, I was not exactly looking forward to hanging out at the airport all day.  Someone had an idea to take advantage of the free day in Chicago.

I've never been around in the city, so I was actually really excited!

We all got up, ate a free breakfast and walked to the CTA

Doesn't that look intimidating?
It sure did to me!  Riding the CTA might seem like something small, that millions of people do, but in some odd way it symbolized the beginning of the trip for me.  

The rest of the day was filled with exploring the city (mainly shopping malls) and meeting up for dinner with the group.  Like clockwork, it was time for us to head off to the airport for our three hour wait.  This time, it was much more talk and laughter and not so much worrying.  I think we all came to terms with the fact that we were ready to go to Poland.  We shook off our nerves from the night before and wanted the adventure to start.

Around 7:45 I shut my phone off and said goodbye to America.  9 hours later I was landing in Europe.