Blogs from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North America - page 11

Ok It's not an exotic vacation but I am currently in Atlanta, GA in the Decatur area to be more exact. I came to ATL to stay a week at a friend's house because afterwards, we will be going to Costa Rica where a friend of mine is getting married. Though I love Costa Rica a lot, I do have to admit that it is a very male oriented society despite all of the laws that are pro-women. For example, the groom is having his bachelor party in Costa Rica and from what I hear, he had several choices of establishment as to where he could hold his party. Us girls on the other end, only had limited amount of places where we could have our own little bash which is quite annoying.... read more

Well, today's flight was not to be. Delta overbooked and offered $600 to fly tomorrow which was too tempting. Since I really had a rest day in Frankfurt for the most part, I will just skip the night there and just spend the day on Thursday before being picked up. The only concern I had was where to keep my luggage but I found out the Frankfurt airport will store it for 7euros for up to 24 hours, so no problem.... read more

This morning we got up super early to go into work with Tom at Emory hospital. There was a seminar at 7am entitled 'space medicine' which got us both excited, although it turned out it was just one of the med students reading out her Google search findings so it wasn't actually that cutting edge or new. The clinic was much more interesting though. First we saw a kidney recipient who clearly didn't have a clue but his wife was so on the ball it was scary. Interestingly she mentioned that the drug which worked best for him wouldn't be paid for by their insurance company, so they'd had to switch to another. Where is NICE when you need it??? The second patient had received both a kidney and a pancreas to treat kidney failure as ... read more

Alice's birthday! Rob cooked us grits for breakfast (yaaaay - hear the sarcasm) and we lit a birthday dragon (had a candle coming out of it's mouth - quite a good idea except it dripped everywhere). Rowan also made Alice a v cute card, although the spelling was a little erratic. We then went on a hike to Rocky Shoals. These are in a very geologically ancient area where all the stone has worn down to the granite bedrock. It creates weird rocky clearings which are a haven for a bizarre ecosystem: juniper trees, rattlesnakes and rare lichens. It was sooooo hot and there wasn't much cover so we all sweated hideous amounts and had to leave quite quickly. We then went back home to try and contact our hosts in Atlanta, because we'd messed up ... read more

We woke up around 5 AM, Bea arrived close to 6 we loaded up and were on our way to the airport. We booked ourselves on the 7:30 morning flight to Atlanta knowing that would be plenty of time and the flights were open and it would be easy to get on. We would be in Atlanta early but it’s always better to be ahead of the rush. As always, Kirsten and I have analyzed the flights trying to pick the correct time to leave to increase our chances to get first class seats using buddy passes going over to Germany. Going to Atlanta doesn’t really matter it’s a short flight, but when you’re going over the big pond First Class is nice. Well that work came to a screeching halt when we got to the ... read more