First off was the work meeting, which lasted all day. They fed us breakfast - fruit, muffins, bagels, and some kind of warm eggs rolled up in bread.
Meeting, talking, discussions then it was time for lunch. Chicago style deep dish pizza
It was good but I'll stick with my Papa Pete's. Then back to more meeting.
At the end of the day we were on a teleconference which lasted longer than it should. It was almost 6 when we were rushed from the room as we had to catch a train to a team building exercise.
Off the L we then hiked to a building where we were greeted by a couple of English speaking guys dressed as scientists. Apparently we were going to be doing a Trapped with a Zombie team building event.
We broke into two teams then were led downstairs for instructions. Our task was to be locked in a room with a zombie and find clues that would enable us to escape. We could prevent the zombie from infecting us by singing and dancing.
There were about 7 or 8 of us in the room. We worked togetber, it was very rowdy, with lots of bad singing. However, we found the clues and were able to exit the room 15 minutes short of the time allotted.
After the game, the scientist then went over how everyone behaved. I was the risktaker....pretty part for the course.
After both teams finished, we took the train to our dinner destination, The Franklin Room, which was speakeasy themed. The food was outstanding. I had squid ink pasta with shrimp and mussels along with an 18th Century drink - cucumber vodka, ginger syrup, and lime. Yummy.
After dinner we then hiked in the very humid air back to the hotel. I was still sweaty from the zombie game and the hike didn't help. At one point I thought we were lost. Thankfully, we found our way home where I ran to my room and stood naked over the A/C to cool down.
And tomorrow is my last day in Chicago. We get done at noon but my flight doesn't leave until 6:30. Anyone need an airport souvenir?
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