mardi 29 mai 2007

28 mai : Croisière, Match de base-ball et Chinatown

Bonjour à tous!

Ce lundi 28 mai, Memorial Day, journée très chargée ! Le Memorial Day est dédié aux personnes qui ont péri durant les guerres et est un jour férié aussi aux USA.
Le matin, après s'être levés de bonne heure (...), nous avions décidé d'aller faire une croisière sur la Chicago River et le Lac Michigan, pour avoir un point de vue différent de cette magnifique ville (en plus, ça tombait bien, on avait 2 places pour le prix d'une). Embarquement à 10h pour une croisière vraiment géniale. Voir ces géants depuis la rivière est vraiment impressionnant. Les jeux de lumières sur les fenêtres des buildings sont étonnants (reflets des batiments, du soleil, de l'eau...). De plus nous en avons appris un peu plus sur l'histoire de Chicago grâce au guide (bon, c'était en anglais mais on a réussi à saisir le principal).



Après une croisière sur la rivière, on a traversé l'écluse pour arriver sur le lac. Vous vous demandez, chers lecteurs, mais pourquoi une écluse??? Hé bien en fait, celle-ci sert à empécher le Lac de se vider trop vite ! En effet, au début la rivière Chicago coulait vers le lac, mais pour des raison de commodités, les américains ont inversé son cours (sacrés ricains!), pour éviter de remplir le lac avec leurs ordures, cadavres, etc... Cet évènement a causé quelques problèmes avec les villes qui se sont retrouvées en aval de Chicago, dont la ville de Saint Louis. Mais la rumeur dit que les habitants de cette dernière se sont vengés de Chicago en mettant l'eau polluée de la rivière en bouteille et en la vendant aux habitants de Chicago comme étant de la bière (appellée Budweiser... joke ^^).
Après le passage de l'écluse, nous avons pu admirer la"skyline" de Chicago depuis le lac.



Ensuite, Ludo nous a appellés pour nous inviter à voir avec lui un match de base-ball l'après-midi : Les Chicago Cubs contre les Florida Marlins. Nous avons saisi cette opportunité, et après un petit détour par un fast-food bien connu, nous prenions le métro souterrain direction le Wrigley's Field, en compagnie de nombreux fans possédant toute la panoplie du parfait supporter. En descendant de la station, nous sommes entourés par une foule compacte d'américains, criant pour vendre ou acheter des billets ou des souvenirs.



Nous parvenons quand même à trouver Ludo, accompagné de Ihmed (son colloc) et Sean (un américain vraiment sympa). Après avoir recherché des billets sur les vendeurs ambulants (qui nous les vendaient 70$ chaque, les enfoirés), nous nous dirigeons vers les guichets et nous trouvons 5 billets pour 10$ chaque. Evidemment, ces billets n'étaient pas pour des places assises, mais pour des places debout ! Du coup, on s'est assis sur des barrières en sirotant quelques bières et en essayant d'apprendre les règles de ce jeu typiquement américain.



Le base-ball, tout le monde sait à quoi ça ressemble, mais il faut avoir vu un match pour se rendre compte du phénomène. Je ne ferais pas un descriptif précis des règles, mais en gros le match se déroule en 9 périodes pendant lesquelles chaque équipe essaie de marquer des points. Bien sûr, il y a une pause entre chaque période et demi-période (!) et les américains en profitent pour se ravitailler en tacos, hamburgers, chips, bières bien sûr et autres trucs dégoulinants dont nous préferrions ne pas connaître la composition. Au bout de 2h, les Chicago Cubs perdent 3 à 0, et la majorité du public commence à quitter le stade, pour éviter les embouteillages. Dommage, notre équipe n'avait pas marqué un seul point... Nous décidons de partir avant la fin du match pour éviter la foule, de toutes façons il ne restait plus qu'une seule période. (Un peu plus, tard, nous apprenions que les Cubs avaient perdu 3 à 5, donc nous avions loupé la partie la plus intéressante du match... tant pis...).
Bref, Sean (l'américain) nous propose de nous emmener voir le quartier de Chinatown afin de prendre l'apéro. En ce qui concerne Chinatown, rien de vraiment passionnant... Beaucoup de boutiques, herboristeries, bazars et restaurants. Bref, un quartier chinois tout ce qu'il y a de plus banal. Nous nous installons dans un petit restau afin de grignoter un peu et Sean nous raccompagne chez nous vers 19h.



Bref, super journée pleine de surprises et très fatiguante. Temps super, nous avons pris quelques couleurs (surtout Lulu).

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28 mai : Croisière, Match de base-ball et Chinatown

75 commentaires:

phil et isa a dit…

Si la recherche sur l'imagerie ne marche pas, tu pourras toujours te reconvertir dans le journalisme.
On lit les compte-rendus de votre "voyage d'étude" avec beaucoup d'intérêt. Je compte d'ailleurs m'inscrire à la session de "question pour un champion" sur Chicago. ;-)
Bye
papa

phil et isa a dit…

Si la recherche sur l'imagerie ne marche pas, tu pourras toujours te reconvertir dans le journalisme.
On lit les compte-rendus de votre "voyage d'étude" avec beaucoup d'intérêt. Je compte d'ailleurs m'inscrire à la session de "question pour un champion" sur Chicago. ;-)
Bye
papa

phil et isa a dit…

c'est galère le compte google!

mamanchérie a dit…

non mais je rêve : c'est du tourisme ou un stage de boulot ?
maman

Anonyme a dit…

ben dis donc !..J'espere qu'il y aura aussi Nico et Lucie au mexique, au burkina fasso, et j'espere à pékin!...
wikipedia n'a qu'a bien se tenir...
tonton

math a dit…

whaaaaa coool le sejour
en plus quelle redaction!!!!
mais trop relou le truc de google la je comprend rien
je c meme pas si vous allez lire ce message ;-)
ciao les coco

Unknown a dit…

Hello gringo !!

Bonne idée pour ce petit blog, ca permet de suivre un peu ses potes un peu a la trace. Je vois qu'il y a beaucoups de commentaires familliaux mais j'espere qu'une petite intrusion de ma part te fera plaisir.

Profitez en bien et abusez pas trop des fast food car pour l instant j'ai bien l'impression que ce n'est pas le cas. D'autant que les rations doivent être "americanesques".

A bientot

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NB: a quand le match des mythiques chicago bulls ???

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Mais comment on inverse le cours d'une rivière ? Sont fous ces ricains !
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