like in the old times...

Chris and I had a very nice weekend, just like in the old times in Berlin. Trying new things, exploring cool places and basically and most important, getting along REAL WELL !!

On Friday night we went for dinner to Fogo de Chao, which is an amazing Brazilian - Gaucho restaurant. We've wanted to eat that for a long while, we’ve been talking about it since we were in Berlin. Well, his parents gave him a gift certificated (typical American present) for his birthday for that restaurant and he decided to use it with me!! (lucky girl) We ate so much, that it was hard to walk afterwards, everything was VERY good and we really enjoyed the evening. They had 11 different kinds of meat and he tried them all. The best part for me was that instead of normal bread, they had mini pan de yucas. I couldn’t believe it and I ate A LOT of those, I love them and that is SO COLOMBIAN that I haven’t have one in forever…

On Saturday, after a long work day, we went and met AD (Chris’s friend) at the Chicago Horror film festival, where we saw a couple of good movies, a documentary about vampires and the worst magic show ever.
On Sunday, we went to Starved Rock State Park, to see the colored leaves and it was very beautiful, we had a really good time!!

The park, derives its name from a Native American legend of injustice and retribution. In the 1760s, Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe upriver from here, was slain by an Illiniwek while attending a tribal council in southern Illinois. According to the legend, during one of the battles that subsequently occurred to avenge his killing, a band of Illiniwek, under attack by a band of Potawatomi (allies of the Ottawa), sought refuge atop a 125-foot sandstone butte. The Ottawa and Potawatomi surrounded the bluff and held their ground until the hapless Illiniwek died of starvation- giving rise to the name “Starved Rock.”