Trip to the US - October 2019

Another busy day 😀

Around 10 am I made my way to the final day of the Ace Comic Con, held at a huge convention center just across from my hotel in Rosemont (outside of Chicago).

It was a bit more quiet at the con today, at least in the beginning of the day, so I started by walking around the show floor, making sure to see everything. The con is not as big as some of the others I've been to, so it didn't take terribly long to get around everywhere.

Around noon, I attended the first panel of the day - with Kit Harrington from Game of Thrones; Jon Snow himself. I have not watched the show yet myself, actually, but I know his character was popular, and Kit is very much a well-liked and respected actor. His panel was definitely fun and interesting, even without knowing much about 'Thrones.

Later in the day, I attended another panel - with the stars of the new Netflix show, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" - a remake of the story of Sabrina, the teenage witch. Again, it's not a show I've really watched, but the young actors made it a fun panel.

While standing in a photo op line, I also watched a panel with Chris Hemsworth - the god of Thunder himself who plays Thor in the Marvel films, among many other roles in his career. He was great and very funny - so I'm glad I didn't miss the panel even though I couldn't be in the room itself.

My final task at the comic con was getting a photo with Brie Larson who plays Captain Marvel in the movie of the same name. She also nabbed the Best Actress Oscar for her starring role in "Room" a few years back. It was nice to get a photo with her, at her first comic con, even though the process was delayed by an hour.

Due to the delay, I missed my train that afternoon from Union Station in Downtown Chicago to my next stop Milwaukee, by just a few minutes. So instead I had to book a Greyhound Bus that left two hours later. To kill the time I had some dinner at a local restaurant, and then eventually made my way to the bus terminal.

The bus ride itself was fairly comfortable and didn't end up taking much longer than the train would have. However, since I got into Milwaukee later than expected, I had to hurry quite a bit to make my next stop - a concert with the band Disturbed 🤘

I have seen them live before, most recently in Copenhagen this year, but it was such a great experience that I really wanted to see them again, and it made good sense when I was going to Milwaukee anyway to catch them on the last stop of their world tour.

The show itself was amazing once again - they are not only an incredible band, but they also make such an effort to help people who suffer from illnesses such as depression and addiction.

Despite the delay getting into Milwaukee, I only missed a little bit of the show which was nice.Read more