Athens, United States Travel Blogs

Portent of things to come?
May 8, 2006

... Mary Zoo likes to get up with at the "crack of noon" little more info was forthcoming. I do know that the weekend in Athens hadn't improved their senses of geography, as Sandy and Rose and their "friend" Greg came home via the most direct route they knew. ...

The Heritage
Apr 4, 1996

... Wesleyan College has a beautiful campus gracing the downtown area; it's a four-year institution supported by the United Methodist Church. Woodlawn Bed & Breakfast serves gourmet breakfasts and is in a National Historic Register home built in 1858. ...

Athens and Roswell, Georgia
Jan 11, 2006 (3 photos)

... at their Presbyterian Church. Supper is provided weekly as part of their youth activities. Afterwards Terry drove us around Athens, a beautiful older Georgia City with a major Georgia University campus. We saw large old plantation homes, the downtown ...

Sixth Sense Savannah Ghost Tour was Awesome!
Jun 1, 2006 (3 photos)

My wife and I recently visited Savannah from another haunted Georgia town--Athens. We had done some homework in advance of our trip and found that there were tons of expected sites about tours in Savannah that are quite obviously trying to "sell" you ...

Athens and University of Georgia
Oct 1, 2006 (14 photos)

... had breakfast which was pancakes, bacon and eggs, then Clarie, Gareth and I jumped in the car at 11.00am and drove to Athens, Georgia about 45 minutes from Atlanta. Athens is the home of the University of Georgia and mostly a student town. We arrived at ...

Stone Mountain, GA
Jan 10, 2006 (1 photos)

Just a quick note to let you know that Zoe and I climbed Stone Mountain this morning (approx. elevation 17,432*). Photo is attached. Even with the Stone Mountain brochure, we have been unable to determine which three Civil War participants are carved ...

"curtas"
Nov 13, 2007

... acredito. -- compras globalizadas 2 Quase tudo por aqui eh produzido na China, impressionante. Agora, em alguns lugares dos "states" eles estao fazendo uma campanha, para que as milhoes de bandeiras daqui, asteadas em todos os lugares, sejam ...

Going away night
Sep 15, 2006 (5 photos)

Thank you to everyone who came to Mama Sid's! I know it must have been hard to come all the way to the eastside. Afterwards we headed to salsa night at the Ritz where Ross and Zach pimped us out! Enjoy the pics. Tomorrow I will commence my journey ...

Tea is Extra Hun...
Jun 11, 2009 (10 photos)

... ’t putting on a show.  This is how they really are and were.  Thursday night at the Western Sizzlin’ in Athens, Tennesee.  Next Monday night…the White House.  This is turning out to be a cool trip.  Dispatch out.

Back to Athens and time to wait, and wait, and....
May 15, 2007 (1 photos)

... for some good news re money and hitch. No news on both fronts. In the end we decided to stay in a Motel 8 (read cheap) in Athens itself. We went to a Chinese buffet for dinner, only because we knew they'd have veggies as we were both so sick of fried food. ...

Roadtrip - Augusta to Athens
Jun 14, 2006 (1 photos)

... is a place called Rome and I am not joking! I bet there is a place called "New Moon" in Texas or Utah!! So Athens... and unlike its Mediterranean namesake this vibrant town is bursting at the seams with the young guys and gals from the university that ...

First Entry
Feb 8, 2006

Six fun days left in my natural soil. Looking forward to this ridiculous adventure I am about to embark on. Not as nervous as I am excited but sure it will come to me. Feeling suprisingly at ease with what's to come. More later but thought I would get ...

One day left
Feb 13, 2006

Alright, I am leaving tommorow for the wild blue yonder. Miami for three days and then down to the dominican for uh...two years. Yeah, I really am going. I know some of you never thought this long awaited, dragged out day would ever arrive, oh but it has ...

Leave Athens
Apr 12, 2006

Start the trip, drive to ATL, stay the night, drive to FW.

Start of Log
Jul 7, 2005

... for 36 days. Hopefully, people will enjoy reading my entries as much as I did when everyone else was travelling and I was sitting in Athens studying. I am still in planning my trip and need to do a lot to get organized, so check this out closer to the ...

Stitches in Time
Apr 4, 1997

... her when birthdays roll around. And quilts are in the spotlight beginning this Sunday at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum in Athens, Tennessee. Anyone who has ever made a quilt, wished they could make a quilt, or had a quilt on their bed ...

Athens to Albany
May 30, 2008

We were headed back to Atlanta to see the aquarium but got sidetracked by antiques and then covered bridges and then a brother. So we headed to Albany to see Carl, Jane and the gang. Had a wonderful time at dinner catching up.

2nd leg
Oct 12, 1984

St Louis to Athens

Athens Georgia
Apr 16, 2009 (3 photos)

... of the road experience of the trip!  Locals were laughing! We went to a Belgian restaurant for soup and beer in the Athens downtown that looked like it hadn't changed much since the 1950s. On the 16th April we visited the Georgia Botanical Gardens - ...

Athens
Mar 8, 2008

We had a good time in Athens and it was a beautiful theatre.  So, I found this quiz on line to see how much you know about Johnny Cash.  I did alright when I went through it, but still learned some things that I didn't know before.  ...

It Is Your's Daddy's Music
May 11, 1996

Athens, Alabama, population 16,901. Athens State College is Alabama's oldest institute of higher learning. Greek Revival Founders Hall was built in 1842; its altar consists of elegant wood carvings telling the story of the New Testament. Over 12,000 ...

Athens
Jun 5, 2007 (1 photos)

Okay, let's see if I can get a picture into this entry...

Correction. wrap up recap update
Dec 29, 2007

So Jay, my co pilot on this trip read my blog & said I got the end wrong. Namely the part about how much Jay drove on the way home(I think he drove more than half way home) AND the part where I say we road through OH. I must have been ...

Board ship
Oct 20, 1984

... to be a national pastime - window shopping and getting the best of the other window shoppers! We had so many great meals in Athens and surrounding areas.  It was really a pleasure to be 'presented' past the food on the way to our table as a way of ...

fastest Athens trip EVER
Sep 8, 2009 (8 photos)

... more time in Athens, but because of all the problems going on, plans kind of got extremely disorganized and we went to Athens on a whim. We basically ended up in a bar and grabbed dinner at The Grit (famous for vegetarian cuisine), while briefly cruising ...

When something bad happens.....
Jul 22, 2008 (6 photos)

Only a month later and I make my second entry.... as i said, we will see how this goes. I love my dog. With a passion that borders on unnatural obsession. I have been plotting to take him with me to mexico but as of right now my house in mexico is ...

Hello!!!
Sep 17, 2008

Hey guys! It's a shockingly small number of days until i leave for india. I figured i should start this baby up and get to postin! Since i have way too much to do and thinking about the ever-growing list of things to do and to pack is just going to ...

Anticipation
Feb 22, 2007

I've booked most of this trip, and now I'm realizing how slow the next 5.5 months are going to seem.  A few more months of school (hopefully very kind on my golf handicap), then finals, then graduation, then bar prep, then Austin, then serious bar ...

Preparation
Jun 12, 2008

I am in still at OU right now, counting down the days until I take my second step of Boards and then prepare to travel to Ecuador for the summer.  This summer will be an eventful, exciting, and busy trip.  I have been helping as I can here ...

Leaving in 2 days!
Jun 29, 2006

So I'm leaving Athens in two days and I can't wait. The beginning of the trip is up in the air as we can't decide when to leave and where to stop first. The idle first stop in the U. S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The first few days ...