Nancrede Family

In the north of the downtown of Indianapolis, Nancrede Family have lived there more than 30 years. If you look from the outside of the yard, you can't really see the house very clearly. The backyard is just like a forest.





Those are different views of the Nancrede's backyard. There is a colony like a cafe where people may sit outside, have some coffee, and enjoy a comfortable Saturday afternoon here.



Balmart and Sasha live in this house, too. They are Great Pyrenees, a kind of sheep dogs for guarding sheep in old times. Unfortunately, they never take bath, and they do live "IN" the house.



Balmart is drinking water from the pool.



David and Sally Nancrede are very kind and lovely people. As my home-stay parents, they took care of me and one of my classmate very well. Every feast in the evening was just like in a restaurant. Delicious.

Foot Loose

Casey Wilson, a friend of mine in the Silouan Green, had a performance in a church named First United Methodist Church close to Nobleville in Indianapolis. This is an opera show called "Foot Loose", played by high school students in the church. The show is identical to the movie "Foot Loose". Casey is in the ban playing music for the show. He is really good.




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Wilson family and us at the church. If you have met Casey, then you will definitely know who his mother is.

Chicago, the city of passion

I have to confess that before I came to Chicago, I didn't expect too much of this city. "Chicago? Isn't it another big city in the US?" Yes, and no. Yes, Chicago is a big city, full of skyscrapers gathering in the Loop area. No, Chicago is not like other busy cities. It is clean, neat and comfortable.





The Bean of Chicago in the Millennium Park reflects the surrounding skyscrapers and myself, just like being in a painting. The Bean is made of steel, without a seal on the surface. I almost lost myself when I stood under the big bean and was surrounded by all the reflections. It was an amazing experience.



The sunshine of dusk reflected on the glass of buildings along the Chicago River, composed a sky mixed with pink and blue.





Most of the buildings in Chicago are built in 1900 or so. Therefore, many of the new buildings tend to be built resembling old style. The whole city produces a 20th century feelings but with modern skyscrapers and fancy status.



Chicago is beautiful, but not includes the part of subway and elevated trains. It is made in metal and steel. You will hear a huge noise if you walk under the elevated track, especially the turning corner. Mainly because it is built almost a hundred years ago, the old-fashion and noisy elevated train is not match the neat and organized city at all, a contrary of modern and history.



A public work of Picasso. Miro, the other status standing across the street, says it was a women.



Night view from the sky deck in John Hancock Building, a better view than from the Sears Tower. We saw the whole Loop area and just above the Magnificent Mile, also named the Michigan Ave. We are on the 82nd floor and watched the most busy area of Chicago at night. It was about 9:00pm, when the sun just moved out of the sight and the sky just turned dark.