Made it to Chicago. It's really convenient when there's a metro connection from the airport to the city.

I decided to get off at an earlier station and take a walk around. As I was leaving the metro and hesitating for a second about which exit to take, this girl suddenly comes up to me and starts asking where I'm headed so she can give me directions. After I tell her the address, she goes: "You've got another whole station to go, don't get off here, there are way too many crazy people on Chicago's streets". And it's like, literally just a 15-minute walk (and it's not that much closer from the next station anyway).

When she realized I wasn't going to listen to her advice, she made me promise to be careful on the street (though honestly everything was fine, the neighborhood seemed pretty decent).

PS. Other than that, so far it just looks like your typical American city with massive skyscrapers and huge cars.

I'm kind of losing my mind over the prices here. I forgot to bring an adapter for local outlets. At the first store I came across, they wanted $50 for it. I walked around a bit more and found one for $18. Which, you know, is still a lot, but I paid it thinking "well, it's not that bad" (: