After a refreshing shower and a nice ( home-made ) breakfast ( our motel room has a fridge and
a microwave ) we left the motel.
On the agenda today: visiting the cemetery where Sandra’s grand-parents are buried and the place
where they lived and her grand-pa was a minister.
After an about 50 min long drive we reached the Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie. A very helpful
lade in the cemeteries reception could tell us where precisely the graves can be found. Sandra wanted
to see them because she was here a long time ago.
Thanks again to our GPS system we also found the old house of her grand-parents on Le Moyne Parkway
and the old church where her grand-pa was once a minister.
Having ticked all the boxes on her wish-list we headed back to Oak Park to explore the Frank Lloyd Wright
House and Studio.
He was ( and still is ) one of the great American Architects and had his very own style: the prairie house style
with clear lines and warm colours. A guide showed us around the house which shown many of his style
features.
Near the house are many buildings once developed by him and make a walk through this beautiful part of
Oak Park even more interesting.
Walking back to our motel we decided to watch a movie in the local cinema and bought the tickets straightaway.
Whats shown on the big screen tonight ? “Mr. Holmes"
I shall report more.
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