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North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta » Midtown January 4th 2008

Michael and I drove to Atlanta and back on January 10, 2006. We went straight to the SunTrust Plaza. SunTrust Bank started in Atlanta and has its corporate office there. We went to the top floor of the building. There seemed to be SunTrust branches on every corner as we drove around town. SunTrust is the 9th largest bank in the country, in 8 southern states and Washington, D.C. It has 1100 branches with assets of $88 billion and deposits of $55 billion. Michael and I talked about his job. He is thinking of working full time as a Financial Services Representative while SunTrust pays toward his MBA. With his Master's, he can become an Investment Consultant. I wanted this trip to be oriented toward Michael's career. We meant to get a hotel but started going ... read more

Noël en famille

North America » United States » Georgia » Lawrenceville January 3rd 2008

Promenade à Stone Mountain

France et Jean Ma

Les parents de France sont venus passer les fêtes de fin d'année chez nous. Quinze jours qui ont encore passé à toute vitesse mais c'est si gai de se revoir après longtemps. Voici quelques photos de Noël et des jours précédents. Petite info sur la maison natale de Martin Luther King Jr : située en plein centre d'Atlanta dans un ancien quartier noir encore habité aujourd'hui, elle appartient au dernier de ses fils et est accessible sur rendez-vous. A deux pas de là, une exposition sur le dur combat de la population noire à Atlanta et aux USA en général lors de la ségrégation. Très poignant. La tombe de Martin Luther King se trouve aujourd'hui au milieu d'un bassin d'eau en face de l'Ebenizer Church d'Atlanta où il était pasteur.... read more

Visite de la maison natale de Martin Luther King Jr

Expo sur la ségrégation et le combat de MLK Jr.

Tales from the Chapel (and other ruminations of Rome)

North America » United States » Georgia January 3rd 2008

Pantheon at night

WriteAbroad07

First and foremost, I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, or really, a happy holiday of their choosing! A brand new year is here (thank goodness!), but while I’m a ways past the travels I’ve written about here, my work and thoughts on and about this study abroad in Italy are far from running dry. I feel as if I can ‘complete’ my main entries about each part of the trip with this entry, though, for we’re now at Rome. All roads may indeed lead to Rome, but my trip finished up here, and we flew out from Leonardo DaVinci airport near the city in the early hours of July 20, 2007. I could say so very much about what I really loved or can’t wait to get back to, and ... read more

Savannah, Georgia

North America » United States » Georgia » Savannah January 3rd 2008

Kev

It was terribly cold that day so we didn't stay long.... read more

Joyeuse année 2008 à tous !

North America » United States » Georgia » Lawrenceville January 2nd 2008

Période de fêtes

France et Jean Ma

Tous nos meilleurs voeux à vous et à vos familles ! Espérons que les fêtes se sont bien passées de votre côté et que vous êtes déjà en train d'évacuer gueule de bois et kilos éventuellement superflus. Début de nouvelle année : heure des bilans. Nous sommes à mi-parcours de notre séjour aux USA et jusqu'ici, le temps à passé bien vite. Bien que nous ayons l'impression d'être arrivés hier, nous remarquons souvent que beaucoup de choses ont changé dans notre quotidien en 3 mois. Nous voilà habitués (et même accros) à la vie américaine. Et puis, surtout, merci à vous pour vos visites sur ce blog ! Selon les statistiques, vous êtes en moyenne 9 personnes différentes à lire en moyenne 7 pages différentes par jour ! Qui sont tous ces timides qui ne se ... read more

ARE YOU READY FOR THE XPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME!

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta December 22nd 2007

LETS GO!!

TopShotta81

This is the first blog ladies and gentlemen! My name is BIGGZ and I am getting ready to travel around the world! First stop JAMAICA!!!!!!!!!!!... read more

back in the US

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta December 19th 2007

deerich

I'm officially back in the States. Actually, it was a pretty quick transition back to work.I'm sitting in the NICU on call as I type. The babies are chilling. While I am glad to be home, I most definitely could use a bit more vacation. The trip went by so quickly. I had such good intentions to chronicle all the details, but as you all experienced that didn't work out. My internet access was pretty limited once things got going for me in Malawi. Then we were constantly on the move in Kenya, so blogging was out of the question. Despite falling off the blog wagon, I still have a lot to share. Thankfully, I'll have some down time coming up over the holidays. I'll be heading home to Cali to hang with the fam, and ... read more

Lang war's bis Buenos Aires

North America » United States » Georgia » Atlanta December 15th 2007

enjoying atlanta

jensio

Hola. Endlich in Suedamerika angekommen. Nach anderhalbjaehriger Planung kommen wir stark dezimiert in Buenos Aires an. Alexander hat sich in Berlin auf dem Weg zum Flughafen eine Kopfplatzwunde zugezogen und an der Schulter verletzt, als er noch einmal zurueck in Haus wollte und auf der Treppe ausgerutscht ist. Nachdem er ein paar Tage im Krankenhaus verbracht hat, kuriert er sich noch etwas aus und kommt hoffentlich bald nach. Es soll wohl Anfang Januar 2008 soweit sein. Wir wollen das Beste hoffen. Auf unserem Flug nach Suedamerika hatte unser Flieger so grosse Verspaetung, weil ein herrlicher Schneesturm N.Y. in Atem hielt, so dass wir unseren Anschlussflug nach Atlanta und somit nach Buenos Aires verpassten. Nachdem wir dann in Atlanta ca. 20h auf dem Flughafen zugebracht und uns schon wie Tom Hanks in Flightplan gefuehlt haben, konnten wir ... read more

Dana im hauseigenen Sonnenstudio (for free)

Day 112

North America » United States » Georgia » Pine Mountain December 14th 2007

This was Onaxthiel's view all day long. He had a crick in his neck. Very uncomfortable.

Obfuscator

Obfuscator writes: This ought to be a short entry, since nothing really happened at all. We got out of our motel in Charleston and started driving toward Georgia, only to find about 20 minutes into the drive that I had left the battery charger plugged in in the motel room. So we had to turn around and get it, which was slightly infuriating. I drove until about somewhere around Macon. Onaxthiel worked on blog material and pulled pictures off the camera. We switched then, and I worked on burning pictures onto CDs while he continued on to Columbus. Somewhere in there we got a special treat! Boiled peanuts! A tasty southern snack that tastes as awful as it looks. Now, don't get me wrong, if you're the kind of person who likes to go into the ... read more

Finishing up in Athens

North America » United States » Georgia » Athens December 13th 2007

Emily en Espana

Two finals down, one to go. I cannot believe how quickly this semester has flown by. I picked up my passport today with my cool new visa, very exciting, so now I can officially go. Yay. As exciting as this next semester is going to be, I am sad to leave Athens. I love it here so much, and I don't know what I am going to do without all of my friends, most of them I won’t see until next August! It is bittersweet, for now, but when else will I get the opportunity to live in another country? Plus I'll finally be fluent in Spanish! I have to move out of my apartment on Saturday and I feel like all I ever do is pack. Ugh, and the thought of packing a semesters worth ... read more

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