Welcome to My World

以前都沒住過青年旅社，今天是第一次在這種地方吃非常簡單的早餐，咖啡、烤土司，穀片加鮮奶，一顆蘋果，一天40USD又加上好地點就不用太計較了。以後也許旅行可以再考慮hostel，乾淨也便宜，還有機會認識其他國家旅行者。

(Very simple breakfast at hostels. It has a definitely good location and cheap price; people also have chances to know travelers from other countries.)

我們買了城市旅遊通行證，可以用打折價參觀5個不同的著名景點，今天天氣非常好，加上趁早上人少去John Hancock Observatory，站在整個透明玻璃平台上看芝加哥的市景!

(We bought City Pass to visit 5 different famous spots. This morning we decided to go to John Hancock Center to experience John Hancock Observatory 360∘view from 103 floors. It was clear to see Chicago’s cityscape.)

Its name is SkyDeck. It has 103 floors, 262 Michel Jordans tall.

Its visibility. (能見度)

It takes 1 minute to get to 99th floor and change another elevator.

這就是芝加哥阿!

(Chicago!)

一開始還有點怕，不過勇敢的踏上去吧! (At the beginning, I was a little leery but I stepped on it!)

來這裡一定要拍浮在空中的照片!

(I am floating in the sky!)

So bad post! (這姿勢好醜!)

這張我在生氣，因為我朋友拿走我相機一直在自拍他自己。(我開始有雙眼皮了!)

( I was angry cause my friend occupied my camera and took lots of photos by himself!)

廣告DM的攝影角度，來模仿一下。

360度角度再好好觀察一下芝加哥市景。

午餐時間！挑了一間很多附近上班族買的連鎖熱狗店，這裡流行站著吃飯!

(We picked a crowed hot dog chain. It’s very common standing to eat!)

On the way to Art Institute of Chicago. It’s the lobby.

裡面有三個樓層，可以待上一整天。

(There are three levels and has plenty of paintings and statues also exhibitions. Of course we can stay here all day long.)

有很多藝術家在複製名畫，來比較看看。

(Many artists were copying classic paintings.)

賞圖吧!我想即使我有附贈的語音導覽，但我想我還是沒有藝術細胞!

(Let’s admire these great works! I think I don’t have sense of art, even though I had a additional audio guide!)

梅杜莎神話( Greek mythology-Medusa)

像連環漫畫! (These paintings look like comics.)

感覺整個畫面只有一張畫沒意思，我只有留下整個氛圍。

( I prefer to take the photo of the whole gallery, not only copy a picture.)

莫內名畫(Monet’s collects.)

(印象派展)Impressionism.

梵谷(Vincent van Gogh)，上次來台灣展只有幾幅不是很知名的畫作。

 A reflection from another painting on it.(另一幅巧妙的反射在這個櫃子上)

McKinlock Court(中庭)

Contemporary Art (當代藝術，背景是芝加哥的高樓大廈)，整個氛圍一樣非常的配合。我自己很滿意這幾張照片的取景。)

這裡剛進來時我朋友還以為走錯了，我想這就是一種藝術表現形式吧!這裡的空間感很好。(When we visited here, my friend thought we got the wrong way! It’s a kind of art! I like this atmosphere.)

Ancient Egyptian. (古埃及展)

 這個畫家的畫很有張力。( I like this form.)

Famous item in this museum. ( America Modern Art)

最後時間一樣不夠，很快速的瀏覽幾間展覽室。(Only three hours is not enough to see all collects)

Picasso’s(畢卡索的畫作)

我覺得非常天才的達利!曾在法國參觀他的畫室就愛上他了。

(The genius artist, Dali, my favorite. I had visited his gallery in France; from the time I have fallen in love with him.)

It was almost 5 o’clock! The museum was closing.(接近閉館時間，非常的趕。)

走回旅社的路上，繞去Millennium Park再看一下夜景。晚上點了燈的Crown Fountain更有一番風味。

(Back to Millennium Park to see Crown Fountain at night. It lit up with different colors.)

Ice Rink .溜冰場空無一人。

 Cloud Gate at night! The Bean!

帶了腳架來拍夜景最適合!又是一連串的照片秀!

( I brought the tripod to take night view pictures!)

Strolling along the Chicago River. (沿著芝加哥河漫步)

晚餐就以蘋果派做結尾! (Apple pies were for my dinner!)

 It was also a wonderful day!