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North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta » Buckhead October 30th 2005

A day before Halloween - and nothing is happening at our place. True, in a sense that our place becomes deserted and fits the theme of a graveyard of Halloween. Happy with the situation, I finally find some time to compile my past journals in this fabulous travelblog.org. I have been busy with the entries for several days now, when I realized that I haven't have much to say about Atlanta, Georgia, where I live. Work Work is very interesting; a lot of stuff is going on, with many projects and datelines scattered all around us. With 150+ employees, we still need many architects, as Atlanta is building everywhere. disclaimer. you can skip the following paragraph, as I will mention things that probably won't make sense to anyone. Some updates on projects I have been working ... read more
Living room
Do I look fit?
Kitchen

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta October 10th 2005

Martín pidió el día libre, no era para menos ya que yo soy su mejor amigo. Inicialmente había pensado pasear en segway, pero al final fuimos de nuevo a Ikea a compra unos marcos de fotos bien bacanes (que no sé donde dónde voy a poner) y luego seguimos con las compras en el North Point Mall. A las 5pm con bastante hambre fuimos a comer/almorzar al Golden Corral, un buen buffette, esta vez pagué yo, de alguna forma debía retribuir todas las atenciones que habían tenido, Diego salió de su chamba y se nos unió en la comilona, dimos un pequeño paseo por las tiendas cercanas para bajar la comida y llegamos de vuelta a casa como a las 7:30pm, hora del triste adios, por que mañana por la mañana Martín y Diego se van ... read more

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta October 9th 2005

Como era de suponerse nos levantamos un poco tarde, asi que nos saltamos el desayuno y nos fuimos de frente a almorzar, esta vez tocó comida cantonesa, o sea chifa, estuvo espectacular y abundante, para bajar la barriga dimos una vuelta por "Piedmont Park", se podría decir que es la versión en Atlanta del Central Park de New York, o (salvando las distancias) del Olivar de San Isidro en Lima (ja, ja, ja...). Por algunos lugares es ideal para caminar románticamente con tu flaca y por otros es preciso para estar con el grupo de amigos tomando chelitas (claro, con la ayuda del clima). Después del paseo por el parque, nos fuimos a hacer un poco de shopping a Ikea, una tienda inmensa, bien bacán donde había de todo para la casa, cuando tenga mi casa ... read more
Verde y tranquilo
Obelisco

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta October 8th 2005

Después de tomar de desayuno, nos fuimos al "Route to Tara Museum", museo de la película "Lo que el viento se llevó", amable gesto de Diego, que había notado que Mónica es medio fanática de esa película. Fué una gratísima sorpresa, Mónica estaba recontra happy. Luego nos fuimos a la Coca Cola, donde probé Coca Colas de varias partes del mundo y otras gaseosas que no recuerdo, me compré un gorro bien bacán y me tomé una foto con el oso de Coca Cola. Al salir de ahí dimos una vuelta por el "Underground", en el downtown de Atlanta, estuvo bien para concocer, pero como que no es mi estilo. Desde que llegué a Estados Unidos con Mónica (incluso antes de viajar), ella me había dicho que quería comer en el Olive Garden, y como hoy ... read more
Coca Cola
Oso Coca Cola

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta October 7th 2005

Partimos de la casa de Pia a las 10 de la mañana después de las típicos acuerdos para hacer algo juntos la próxima vez que nos veamos, supuestamente en Lima en julio 2006. Mapa en mano agarramos la Turnpike, luego la 95 y finalmente la 85 para llegar a Atlanta 8 horas después. En el camino quedé impresionado al ver que la rueda de un camión (que usaba como 20) se salió y se fué rodando hasta el carril en sentido contrario y le cayó sobre el parabrisas a un auto que no tenía nada que ver en la escena. Me sentí totalmente vulnerable (algo muy raro en mi), agudicé mis sentidos, me concentré aún más en la pista y traté de alejarme de cualquier camión a la vista. El camión? ni cuenta se dió, siguió ... read more
Leono

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta October 1st 2005

Taking it easy I've gotten real good at that! Bye Bye USA. Wow, it just dawned on me that today is my last day here in the US and I'll be heading home tomorrow! Well, not home as in Vancouver, but home as in Canada. I can't believe that 9/10ths of my trip are gone and that the last 1/10th are sure to fly by. I fly into Halifax tomorrow afternoon and a couple of days after that I'll take off on a short 6 day tour around Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. From there I decided that I'd like to fly over to St. John's, Newfoundland before heading back to Halifax where my train journey across Canada will start. Something I've always wanted to do since I was a kid! Since the ... read more

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta September 30th 2005

I’ve been abandoned Altering this blog entry But I can't say why... Hmm, where to start? Long story short, Anita has taken off for Florida to help a friend that has to get some stuff done. But back to me… ;)…lol…I’ve got the day to myself here in Atlanta yet again. I didn’t get to sleep until past 3AM so I’m still pretty tired but can’t seem to sleep much more. What to do today? I guess since I’ll be taking off for Halifax first thing on Sunday morning I should get all of my laundry washed. Hmm, I still have a few entries for the blog…almost caught up…for now! Oh and I guess I should really look up the hostels that I want to stay at when travelling across Canada. Make some lunch. I have ... read more

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta September 24th 2005

Two weeks in Georgia Internet is my life line Doing this and that. Instead of making 14 individual entries about my last two weeks here in Atlanta I have decided to make one huge one. So here goes… Monday, September 12, 2005 Back in Atlanta Puttering around the house Went out for a walk. Anita will be working during my two weeks here in Atlanta so I’ll have the days all to myself while she away working hard at work. I should be able to keep myself preoccupied. Hmm, what are some activities I can partake in…? • Watching TV. • Listening to music...even with the limited selection of cd’s on hand. :) • Test my baking skills. • Eating. • Napping. • Watch DVD’s. • Read my “Wicked” book. • Organize my bag yet again. ... read more
A bit of a fender bender
Now that's a bigass watermelon!

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta September 11th 2005

Bye Bye cruising life Bye Explorer of the Seas Day full of goodbyes. We had an early morning start this morning and were amongst the first set of people to be able to disembark the Ship at 7AM. There was a bit of delay with passing through Immigration because they were having computer problems. That gave us a little bit more time to say our goodbyes and thank you’s to Christie. Since Laura and I were sharing the same last name and the same address we were able to fill in one immigration form. Technically Laura and Alice were in transit and would be flying into Seattle and then driving home to Vancouver on the same day. I was going to be flying into Atlanta and hanging out there for a couple more weeks. But since ... read more
A gator sighted within spitting distance of our airboat.
View from our airboat.
Wrestling with a gator.

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta September 3rd 2005

It is Saturday Quiet at the Shopping Mall Too hot for a hike. Anita got up bright and early for half marathon training. She’s aiming to run a half marathon in November. It’s too bad I won’t be in Atlanta at that time to cheer her on. I won’t be here in person but I will be here in spirit. :) These last couple of days I just can’t seem to sleep in for some reason. Perhaps it’s the anticipation of being on a huge cruise ship in about 30 hours time… So I lounged on the sofa watching TV when I had an epiphany…I don’t need to burn my photos to CD. I can send them via email to Vic’s Gmail account and he can download them at home. Now this is a bit of ... read more




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