Atlanta
Travel Blogs from Atlanta, United States
Welcome to Atlanta
... a few gems on the various manikins as you can see in the pics. The big night, dubbed Prom 2008, started at Atlanta Fish Market. Upon realizing that Chris and Bryan knew the manager, we were escorted to our table and promptly brought a ...
Hot,Damn Hot
... woman and I got a baby on each hip" The folks were interesting down there, I met a rain-man character in a bar in Atlanta. The whole bar was playing bingo, where you won chicken wings and buds for getting a bingo. This fella was in his forties wearing a ...
Lightening those plane loads
Apparently Atlanta's airport is the busiest in the world. Almost a million 'airplane movements' last year. While I am still waiting for a brave airline to start offering fares based on body weight (never in America because of the lard-ass lobby), ...
From Atlanta
... these ancestors before I left (I hadn't known my great, great grandfather in Italy had such a long beard!). Tuesday morning I got a taste of Atlanta traffic (much worse than St. Louis) on the way to the airport. I am so greatful to Chad for the ride and ...
Home sweet home!
... nbsp; I can eavesdrop now, order food like a perfectly functional person, and say hello to Benjamin. Hartfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta is the biggest and busiest airport in the U.S. When you get off the train that connects terminals to the ...
Home
... than planned. When I got there I was told I needed to make a connecting flight in Tokyo. I argued that my ticket was non-stop to Atlanta from Seoul, but I lost and was put on the plane to Japan. They gave me a 90 day visa and I would have liked to stay, ...
CIVIL WAR
... which resulted in 30% casualties. The Union was victorious and led to the taking of Chattanooga and Atlanta. I took a driving tour of the battlefield and stopped at historic points along the way. ...
What a LOOOOOOOONG A** DAY!!!
Photographed and got audio from a nurse who worked in the neo-natal unit at Columbia Hospital at Tulane and her family, who rode out Katrina at the hospital. It was an interesting experience in that their story had a happy ending. None of them planned to ...
Relaxing in my comfort zone
... , I decided to simply reverse the route: Egypt first, then Istanbul, then trekking up north. Here is my itinerary: -Atlanta (home!) for 1 week -Amsterdam for 1 day -Egypt for 2 weeks -Istanbul for 6 weeks (side trips to 4 other ...
A longer than planned stop in Atlanta
... bags, presumably for explosives. No sniffing dogs for me this time though! After the rest of the flight was ok, we arrived in Atlanta and caught a courtesy shuttle to our hotel - Econolodge, part of Choice Hotels, by the airport. The room was $42 for ...
List of Favorites
After a week of brainlessly bumming around the house, I have yet to come up with a profound essay. I have compiled a list of my favorite things from the trip. These are all from the top of my head and are probably biased due to recency effect ...
Time is a tickin'...
The kitchen is packed. I've just unplugged the fridge and it's defrosting. Hopefully there won't be a huge puddle tomorrow for me to clean up. This weekend is my last weekend working the live sound job. I've got until monday 6:30pm to be packed and ...
What's hot, boring, ugly, and did I mention hot???
I-85. Hate it Hate it hate it... It never ends. The lack of a view of ANYTHING and the endless uphills - that's right, there is this almost imperceptible (except to us) incline while heading South! What's that about?? Did I miss something in Geography? ...
HOTLANTA!
... attractions!! The place doesn't open till 10am though, so I spend some time in the Olympic Park which is next door. Atlanta hosted the 1996 Olympics. I remember it well, the likes of Michael Johnson winning two golds, Carl Lewis yet another gold, Donovan ...
Joel and Celina
Our drive to Atlanta took under 12 hours. There's lots of trees here. We're staying with Joel and Celina and their puppy - Hansel (so hot right now!!!) Ben went to College in San Diego with Joel and he and Cel are getting married next year. Yesterday was ...
Stateside
... think things through. I guess the big decision now is where do I live? And what will I do for work? Part A has two possible answers: Atlanta or NYC. I have always said that I'd like to live in NYC for a year at some point in my life, and now seems like ...
Joel Celina Cori
... , getting us in at 3am. Sucks! We did manage to get phone cards and meal coupons from the airline though which was nice. Atlanta was really warm, but we stayed with Joel & Celina who have wonderful air conditioning (our car doesn't even have air con). ...
More city time
... his grave and the church his father had been minister in and where hed grown up. We then had a drive around downtown Atlanta. Were loads of green spaces and nice water features and monuments. We couldnt help notice the multicultural society, we hadnt ...
stopover in Atlanta with soldiers
We experienced the highest level of culture shock on our whole trip in Atlanta when we arrived at our gate to find every seat filled with American soldiers in uniform awaiting a ...
James Taylor Concert
Last night I came to Atlanta to see a James Taylor concert at Chastain Park Amphitheater. It was so much fun, the weather was great and the concert was even better. It was a very nice park. I plan on making a stop at it at least once a year. In front of ...
About to leave..
... to seeing some incoming calls OK!!! So I have to go running now and keep the legs in good working order and then go and see how the bike is coming along.... Thanks for reading this update and I shall send another just before leaving Atlanta. ...
The excitement is building- night before departing
... of the logistics that have gone along with it. Anita and I are due to meet up with David and Arlette tomorrow morning at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport when they stop-over for their second leg of the trip. Jane made a final call to them ...
Farewell to Barbados
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Connection two
Saw the airport, it had some interesting pictures of space on the wall. It also had a lot of american people. And I left a u-bender in the toilet. Onwards to El Salvador! ...
Time to Return home to Atlanta, Ga
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Day 3
Well, we stayed in Nairobi a second night since one of the Matatu's broke down. We are leavnig for Maasailand shortly and will meet our host mum. Haven't had dinner in 2 nights but tht will change :) Even though we are in the slums of ...
DragonCon Georgia Aquarium Party! (Nathan)
So Glennica says I made a mistake in my last entry... Servo vs. Servo wasn't until Sunday, and on Saturday we missed all the morning stuff because we were all tired and slept in. Anyway, Saturday evening we headed down to the aquarium, which I think had ...
Finally back home in Atlanta
Back at home, we're looking forward to our next trip. Who knows where it will be. If you have any suggestions send them our way. When we decide, you'll be among the first to ...
Lust for Life
... to leave behind several of the things I set aside to bring. I am bringing a netbook to sort photos & generally keep up with my thoughts as things occur...we'll see how technology works in Africa. Until next time Atlanta....I'll miss ...


