I love Fridays. No matter how bad a week you have had, when the Friday dismissal bell sounds, you are effectively on a mini break from school. It just so happens that last Friday was a particularly good one for me. In fact, you could say that the weekend began a day early for all of the members of Chinese class. Along with Lao Shi Chen and English teacher Eric Gietzen, boarded the Hiawatha Express with thirteen other students and headed for Chicago.