One day I discussed forex trading strategies with Emilie’s uncle. Her family lives in Naperville, at 45 km near Chicago, the second best place to live in US.

We had to use a car to get there, otherwise by bus it would have taken more than 2 hours, so …

Yes, it’s a Porche ! Nobody plays golf. So we had to be content only with boating on the lake…

and the usual grill on the terrace (huge)

Chicago is the city of Blues, I always wanted to go there for this reason. We had no time for that ! And I don’t regret it, so many great evenings !

The Bean (the cloud gate, but no cloud today…) is the new symbol of the city, so we met there, Viorel, my friend from university.

We prepared a picnic waiting for the daily concert with Viorel’s wife, Olga and her sister. The atmosphere was like at a festival.

It’s the first time after several months that I feel like at home: to have a drink with a large group of friends (6-7 all the time, once we could have been 9), all our friends !

I liked the free festival, swimming in the lake at 15 minutes walking, tennis playing for free at a 10 minutes walking, Andrei’s terrace, entrepreneurial culture, jazz …