Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:16:48 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Re: new orleans

Hi wendy and my dear friends,

I just got off at chicago this morning. the amtrak train delayed around half an hour again... so unreliable! and when i got on the train at 1,30am i was sitting in the last coach which seemed to have no heater in the car and it was freezing cold!! i only slept for 2hrs then fortunately most of the people in my car couldn't stand the coldness so they started to move to other cars and never came back, so i followed them to move and luckily i got seats in another warmer car and could sleep well till the arrival at chicago. oh by the way, i met 5 amish elders at cleverland train station waiting for the train! i was so excited and couldn't help looking at them but trying not to stare at them too obviously, and they were really dressing several layers in all black and dark blue! i wondered how they got to the station... by buggies? but why they didn't travel by buggies instead of the 'modern' train?

everything's fine here actually. my friend came to pick me up and drove me around the city a bit and we visited the natural museum to see the 'real' dinosaur skeleton too. chicago is such a smart city with tones of tall modern buildings and pretty lakeshore, but unfortunately everywhere's white right now and hard to imagine how beautiful it would be in summer time. anyways, i'm sure i'll be having a lot of fun here too!:)

oh yes wendy, i went to the canada side for the falls and all the fun i had was in canada!:) you know what, now the canadian custom is very strict to the people who want to get in there from the US because of the terrerism. my friend marcie's brother just got rejected to get in few weeks ago. i'm glad we were
the lucky ones.

ok, hope you guys well and talk to you soon.

Tina