After an official cherub visit to the local CBS TV station, Grace McCloskey of Arcadia, California, hit the links (sort of) at a mini-golf course near Maggie Daley Park.
Her four friends finished in five strokes. She needed nine – and finished last with a score of 92.
“The mini golf course was Chicago themed, so that was really cool,” McCloskey said. “I was definitely a little rusty, but I think I got better as time went on.”
Each spot in this 18-hole attraction looked like a different Chicago landmark or symbol, such as a miniature version of the ‘L’ on the 16th hole and a hot dog with no ketchup for the last hole.
Just a five-minute walk away in Millennium Park, cherubs also visited Cloud Gate (aka The Bean), one of Chicago’s most popular tourist attractions.
“Even though it really is just this massive, steel structure, it was so funny to make faces in the mirror,” said Elaine Jiang of Belmont, California, who visited it on both field trips to Chicago. “We took so many photos, and we walked underneath it, where you can see this kaleidoscope effect it has.”
Millennium Park’s Crown Fountain, a 50-foot sculpture that plays videos of people spitting water, is another cherub favorite.
“I took my friends to Crown Fountain, informally known as the spit fountain, where the faces look into each other and spit water out of their mouths,” said Phoebe Josephson of Chicago. “They all thought it was so funny, and I thought it was funny too, even though I’ve been there a million times.”
Despite the hot weather, no cherub braved getting wet under the fountain.
Nikki Prasad of Lexington, Massachusetts, said her favorite experience in Chicago was walking around Navy Pier and eating Mexican food and gelato with her friends.
“Then we took photos because it was really pretty,” she said. “It reminded me of Boston Harbor back home, but the difference was that I was spending time with new friends, and that’s something you don’t always get to experience.”
