February 6, 2014.

Dear Future Students:

I greet you cordially to tell you that this city is very beautiful. Here you can enjoy the magic of every place in Chicago.
In Winter you'll have to bring warm clothing because it's very cold here, but it's wonderful to see the streets and snow covered building.
I think if we enjoyed being here in spite of the cold winter, of course, you will enjoyed more in the spring or the summer.
Please enjoy every moment, learn everything you can and out of you the word boredom, tiredness and all words that do not allow you to enjoy.
The people are very respectfully here, you also learn from them.
Among the places that you can find here are:  Millennium Park, Museum of Ciency Industry Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, etc.

Goodbye and enjoy.

Sincerely,

Valeska Magdalena Espinoza Jara.

Photographs of  visit to different places in Chicago City.

Willis Tower

Zoo

Library

Different places

Chicago History Museum

In this museum there are many historical objects, photo collections and collections of famous designers dresses.

Between objects I found this Travel and Transport Building (miniature)

The Travel and Trasnsport Building

I think the building was made of metal, glass and wood.

It's a blue building with twelve metal tower. It's tall and on top it has a glass dome.

*Some characteristics important of this artifact are: 

• the dome was designed to expand and contract and as the temperature changes.
• It was one of the first building contracted by fair planners.
• It provided a clear and unobstructed space for exhibition.

This artifact was used to host fairs.

This object might have been used by expectators, turists, and fair planners.

The cables attached to the 12 towers of the Travel and Transport Building, designed for the Century of Progress Exhibition by Edward H. Bennett, John Holabird, and Hubert Burnham, held a suspended dome that allowed for clear, unobstructed, and relatively inexpensive exhibit space inside the building.

On Friday 24th we were in the aquarium and of all the animals those that mas I liked they are the  Beluga Whale, and Pacific White-sided Dolphins  

Beluga Whale
A beluga’s mouth is permanently upturned like a smile. It’s easy to connect with these sociable whales as they glide by in their Abbott Oceanarium habitat: They might turn a curious gaze your way, crinkle their melons (foreheads) and whistle—or even spit a stream of water! The fact that these interactions are natural behaviors only makes the experience more fun.

The majority of belugas live in the arctic and the seas and coasts around North America, Russia and Greenland; their worldwide population is thought to number around 150,000 individuals. They are migratory and the majority of groups spend the winter around the arctic ice cap; but when the sea ice melts in summer, they move to warmer river estuaries and coastal areas. Some populations are sedentary and do not migrate over great distances during the year.

Pacific White-sided Dolphins 

Pacific white-sided dolphins are found in temperate waters of the North Pacific. They inhabit waters from the continental shelf to the deep open ocean.Like belugas, dolphins use echolocation to navigate and to find food in murky waters. They send out high-frequency clicks that rebound off objects. The dolphin’s forehead and lower jaw pick up the returning sound waves, enabling it to interpret an object’s distance, size and shape.

   

Dolphins lack vocal cords. Muscles inside the blowhole produce the squeaks, moans, warbles and other sounds that you can hear our dolphins demonstrate. And each dolphin has a distinct whistle to identify itself, much like a name. But this chorus of sounds is not merrymaking. It’s communication. The vocalizations, as well as such behaviors as tail slapping, biting, or rubbing, may be a means of keeping track of one another, courtship, or alerting others to danger. Researchers are trying to translate the gestures. Whether humans ever crack the code, dolphins’ complex language points to their intelligence. The next time you visit Shedd Aquarium, listen for the distinctive sounds each dolphin makes.      

had many varieties of fish, it is a very beautiful place, it takes time to appreciate each of the species found there.                                      

Hello 

My Name is Valeska Espinoza. I came from Los Angeles  Chile to Chicago to learn English.

I'm thirty years old,  I'm married to Eduardo, I have  three children. one boy who is eleven  years old, and two girls who is ten and seven year old. I have a wonderful family.

I'm studying business administration mention at human resources in AIEP Institute.

My hobbies are sing, and  cook delicious things for my family.

I'm very happy whit this opportunity

Chicago it's a very cold city in winter but it is very beautiful. We were at many different cultural places as:  Chicago cultural center, Art Institute.

My favorite thing at Chicago cultural center was the glass domes.

And my favorite piece at the Art Institute was the Paintings of Picasso, the ancient furniture And the sculptures.

  

                                             

                                                 
In the first day in Chicago we visited the Millennium Park, it's my favorite  place.   I  love  visited the Cloud Gate, because It is very  entertaining.

In this trip I met  many wonderful people of different places of the wold.