United Center

In true local style, I raised my hand and got a taxi to the United Center, where the Chicago Bulls were playing. The best thing about an NBA game is that you can drink beer, so I drank two during the Bulls game. And I had some pork ribs. This is what you call full immersion in American popular cuisine. I can already feel my cholesterol rising. United States is one place where I don't feel out of place for being chubby. Fat people here are very fat. It wouldn't surprise me if I saw a live a heart attack. The NBA game was great. The show is in the stands: bands play classic blues-rock. It exudes something special.

This is a place of worship for basketball fans and fanatical followers of Jordan, Pippen and the Bulls. In the middle of nowhere. It is the House of the Black Hawks (hockey) and the Bulls (basketball) and it has the capacity for more than 21,000 spectators and also houses concerts and other events. The so-called "House of Jordan", has a statue of this basketball star at its entrance and here you can read all the highlights of Jordan's career. The sculpture shows his famous jump. In addition, the stadium has a shop and pub, albeit with a rather odd hours (I did not managed to find it open). And to enter the stadium you have to book by phone.