Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Last night we went to bed at 10pm, I slept through the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:30. Teresa got up at 6am.

Now outside of Medellin’s pollution my eyes feel great.

Today the plan is to start doing touristy things.

I uninstalled and reinstalled Waze and now it’s speaking English and I have it set to avoid toll roads. 😊

We left the apt at 7:30 and I was driving south on the Edens Expressway, doing 63 MPH, when the speed limit was “55, strictly enforced with cameras” and every car was passing me. ☹

I drove to Mekato’s Panaderia (Colombian bakery) on Lincoln Ave in Chicago. I paid $5 for 2 hours of street parking and we had pastries and lattes (more like café con leches) but Teresa was able to talk to the owner in Spanish.

MEKATOS

We drove down Lake Shore Drive to the Museum of Science & Industry but she seemed more impressed with the lake than the Chicago skyline.

It cost $22 to park then $111.90 for 2 entrances and tours of the coal mine and U-505 submarine. She enjoyed both even though she didn’t understand any of the narration.

 

We stepped into Stan’s Donuts and I noticed one of my favorites, the apple fritter. We had lunch in the Museum Kitchen - sharing a bowl of macaroni & cheese and a chicken sandwich and a Coke. I showed her the doll house and the space center and when we returned to Stan’s Donuts my apple fritter was gone. ☹

We left about 3pm and Waze kept asking me to turn left (probably to get me to the Kennedy Expressway) but I had heard there was outbound construction this summer so I just ignored her.

We stopped at a Ross store on Lincoln Avenue and I found 3 inexpensive shirts I can wear here. (I brought mainly sleeveless t-shirts that will probably come in handy soon.)

We stopped at JoAnn’s Fabrics & Crafts on Golf Road but they were closed - permanently.

We’ve been checking out lots of stores; Teresa is on an impossible quest looking for handles for the purses she makes. I told her if craft stores don’t have them, she won’t find them at other stores like Ross, Marshall’s, etc.

We returned to the apt to rest up a bit.

I used Samsung’s Smart Switch to transfer my A52 apps & data to my new A36. (It didn’t finish until we returned from supper but it looks like everything’s there.)

We were freezing in the apt when we left at 7:30 for supper. I took Teresa to the Himalayan restaurant but as soon as I stepped inside and felt the air conditioning I said, “nope, this isn’t going to work tonight”; I don’t need to be any colder. I drove to Barnabys and it was a little cold but I put my jacket on and I was fine. I ordered a small sausage pizza for us to share and a small Diet Pepsi for Teresa and a large root beer for me. She liked the pizza although she mentioned it was slightly spicy. We’re not going to have it every day but I loved it.

We stopped at a 7-11 where I bought a $3 cigarette lighter so Teresa can work on her project.

I kinda got lost on the way back to the apt as I was trying to find a southern approach off Wolf Road but I think the sign wasn’t well lit. I ended up going back up to Golf Road anyway and coming down that way. Oh, well!

I told Teresa there’s no hurry getting up tomorrow based on what I have planned.

 

FUNNY