Read More about our Trip to the Midwest

You can read more about our trip to Chicago, Springfield and Bloomington at http://vionet3.blogspot.com.

On March 14, 2005 we had dinner at a restaurant in a house at 2121 North Clark Street, Chicago. It tells the story that on February 14, 1929 Al Capone was arrested in a garage almost directly across the street. At The Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder (http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com) I had the delicious Half-Pounder Pizza Pot Pie and classic Greek Salad.
 

On March 13, 2005 one of my dreams came true - I visited Hemingway’s birthplace house in Oak Park, Chicago. In this picture I am standing in the dining room while listening to the guide.
 

March 15, 2005 With the primary school kids at the NLU school we sang together Little Snow-white Bunny in English and Bulgarian.

Welcome to NLU

On March 15, 2005 we visited National-Louis University, a private elite university in Evanston, Chicago. Penka Kassabova graduated from it in 1927 and later became the director of the American kindergarten and the teacher-training institute in Sofia.