NAtal e Ano Novo em South Dakota

Passei o recesso de Natal e Ano NOvo (se fosse o Pedro, diria que tive as minhas "semaninhas"....) no estado de South DAkota. Estava meio frio e tinha ate cascata congelada, com o cara ali escalando ela na outra foto. Nas imediacoes tambem tinha cassinos e fomos tentar a sorte.

Mais Wisconsin

Em Milwaukee fica o rink de patinacao onde os atletas profissionais vao treinar. Claro que nao podia deixar de dar o ar da minha graca por la. Apos cair umas tres vezes eu consegui me manter em peh e comecei a patinar um pouco, ou pelo menos tentar. Claro q a gente pagou o mico e foi de capacete....os malas....tambem teve o jantar de Thanksgiving e eu fui obrigado a comer uma das coxas do peru, enquanto o David, irmao do Dustin, comeu a outra. Nas outras fotos estao o Dustin e a sobrinha dele, a Katelynn.

Wisconsin

Algumas fotos de Wisconsin.
O museu de arte eh o predio em forma de barco. Muito bonito. Muitas obras interessantes.
A outra foto e com o pastor Martinho e Joan Sander, em New Berlin, grande Milwaukee. A foto com um monte de gente e
a familia Krystowiak, com quem passei o feriado de Thanksgiving e a foto com o papai noel de um metro e meio tirei com o Dustin, meu amigo aqui do seminario.Wi

Chicago again

A primeira foto foi tirada as margens do rio Chicago e o cara tocando sax se intrometeu na foto, pensou que eu queria que ele aparecesse....As tres do meio sao no topo da Sears Tower. Geralmente da pra ver ate 50 milhas (mais ou menos 80 Km) em redor do predio. Mas o dia estava com bastante neblina e deu pra ver so ate 5 milhas. A ultima e de um predio em Chicago downtown que acendendo luzes dos quartos formou aquela mensagem (e uma especie de associacao beneficente).

More Chicago

MOre pictures from Chicago. A primeira e do topo da Sears Tower, o terceiro maior predio do mundo e o maior das Americas. A segunda e a Water Tower, a antiga estacao de tratamento de agua de Chicago. A terceira, com os colegas (Kim, Tessa e Tom) com quem fui a Chicago, no Navy Pier. A quarta e Chicago downtown visto do Navy Pier. A ultima, que mais parece um desenho, e o Water Tower Mall. A foto e tirada do sexto andar pra baixo. A estrutura de vidro e o elevador panoramico e os enfeites sao natalinos.

Chicago

Some pictures from Chicago. Big city, friendly people and much fun! Pictures from Chicago downtown. The first one is the so-called "the Bean", a crazy structure in Millenium Park. The second is Michigan Street, the most famous street in downtown.




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Basketball season

It's time for basketball here at Concordia Seminary!!
THe pre-season started at the end of this month, when the Seminary's team, namely, "Preachers" faced two opponents: Concordia University Selma, Alabama, and Concordia University Seward, Nebraska. THe Preachers lost both games, but they tried their hardest and it was a good game to watch. The games were held at the old fieldhouse here at Concordia, the Pederson Fieldhouse. The guys from Alabama were really good, even dunking some balls. The guys from Nebraska were good, but not as good as those from Alabama....
NOw they are going to play several teams, mostly other colleges, and also the team from

the other Seminary, in Fort Wayne.

You can read in the wall of the fieldhouse their motto: "Modest in victory - Gracious in defeat". They've been just gracious so far....

And also there is a picture of the Main Quad of the SEminary, especially the Luther Tower.

Colorful Fall

It's fall here in Saint Louis. The leaves are falling every day and cover up all campus. It's really beautiful looking around and seeing all the different colors in the trees that are withering: green, red, orange, light green, purple and even those which are still deeply green. The pictures are just a sample of the amazing view we have when we walk around campus. Isn't it just lovely?...Now I'm getting too romantic.....hehe
The picture with the fountain has in the background the poles with the American flag at the center, the Missourian flag at left (which looks like the Paraguayan flag..) and the Seminary's flag. In some of the pictures you can see that some trees are completely leafless!!

Luther tower

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  Pictures from the Luther Tower!
  
  Unfortunately they were taken at night and not much can be seen...
  Those two guys in the picture have us got into the tower all the way to the top.

THere are also the bells inside the tower, a lot of them. Every once in a while the have bells concert here.

Walking around the neighborhood

Just wasting some time in the neighborhood...