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Atlanta Station Number 4 Fire Station

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    • Day 17

      Terugreis Atlanta-New York-Amsterdam

      August 10, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Geen compilmentary coffee in het veel te grote Hilton.. dat was een tegenvallertje maar ja deze dag gaat waarschijnlijk ook niet de boeken in als de leukste dag van het jaar.
      We vliegen om 12.13 uur, zijn al in gecheckt dus alleen heel snel even de bagage droppen.. Niet.. Sorcha haar koffer was bijna 10 kilo te zwaar.. Belachelijk zo veel! Die van mij was maar een lichte 6 kilo te zwaar, duidelijk veel beter. Gelukkig hebben we 2 kinderen met een verstandiger kledingkeuze en daardoor een lichtere koffer. En daar ging het heen en weer gooien van spullen.. Schoenen bij finn, veters eruit en bij Nomi.. Twee korte broeken bij Nomi, 1 shirt bij Finn.. Etc, etc... tot Sors en ik de lichtste koffer hadden.. Die kinderen toch. Verder een prima vlucht, mooi op tijd! met als gebruikelijk vies eten, pijn in je nek, pijn in je hoofd en pijn in je kont.. Maar weer met beide benen op vaderlandse bodem.. Terugkijkend op een topvakantie!
      Voor alle volgers.. Het was leuk dat jullie mee reisden en meeleefden met alle ellende die we hebben meegemaakt. Jullie waren een grote steun in deze zware tijden..
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    • Day 16

      Jackson/Atlanta dag 16

      August 9, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Reisdag naar Atlanta maar via Jackson waar veel opnames worden gemaakt voor series en films. Wij waren hier voor de Stranger Things tour. Mooi op tijd weg maar pittig doorgereden waardoor een Atlanta State Police officir plots op m'n kont zat en met 70 mile per uur door zijn raampje zat te schreeuwen wat ik eigenlijk al wist.. Ik reed veel te hard. 96 mile waar 70 mag. Mea culpa. Ik kon 'm niet goed verstaan, dus moest ik aan de kant. Hij bleef naast me rijden en riep dat ik 96 ging en dat dat langzamer moest..Ik riep terug: "ik zag het, I'm sorry.. " Was bijna genoeg. Hij voegde er namelijk aan toe: " if you don't, your going to jail.. " En dat laat ik me natuurlijk niet twee keer zeggen.. Ik heb me verder maar keurig aan de regels gehouden.. Je hebt maar 1 keer mazzel..
      Aangekomen in Jackson parkeerden we voor de deur van de Stranger Things tour. Bleek een winkeltje van een Stranger Things groupie / nerd.. oude spelcomputers, video camera's, Atari spelletjes.. Geweldig! De Jaren 80 in een huurpand met winkelbestemming!
      Liz was onze guide en de, voor seizoen 5, ingehuurde special effect make-up artiest.
      We kregen een flesje water, een ventilator om onze nek en een viewmaster in onze hand en daar gingen we. Liz heeft een enorme kennis van de serie en liet ons de plekken zien waar bepaalde shots waren genomen. De viewmaster liet de scène zien zodat je die met de realiteit kon vergelijken. Briljant bedacht..
      Erg leuke tour die werd afgesloten met een quiz. We kregen pizza van pizzaboy (bekend van de serie en erg lekker) en een ijsje dat populair was in de jaren 80 maar verrassend vers smaakte..
      Nu aangekomen in wederom een zakelijk Hilton hotel waar echt alles is.. Nou ja.. De sfeer zijn ze een beetje vergeten. Dat wel.. Eten in Trader Vic's in het hotel..
      Morgen vliegen we naar huis..
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    • Day 1

      Hyatt Hotel - Unterkunft 1 von 10

      April 16, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Direkt im Zentrum sind wir dann nach ein wenig Fußmarsch von der Bahnstation aus bei unserem
      Hotel, dem Hyatt Place Downtown, angekommen. Für deutsche Verhältnisse ein großes Gebäude, mitten in Atlantas Hochhäusern wirken die 10 Stockwerke aber sehr klein. Im Inneren auf jeden Fall ein sauberes und schönes Hotel, passt gut! Im Hotel hieß es erst mal Taschen und Sachen ablegen und nochmal aufbrechen. Nicht weil wir nach 17 Stunden unterwegs voller Energie und Tatendrang waren, sondern weil wir noch was kleines zu Abend essen wollten.Read more

    • Day 1

      Good Night, Atlanta!

      April 16, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Der erste Tag in den USA ging recht früh zu Ende, was natürlich an dem Jetlag lag. Für Morgen ist dann eine große Runde zur Erkundung der Stadt geplant. Für Montag ist das Zentrum und zwei/drei Sehenswürdigkeiten geplant. Für Sonntag eher die Region ums Zentrum herum. Um den Jet lag schnell zu bewältigen haben wir uns länger zum Wachbleiben gequält. Um 21:00 Uhr Atlanta Zeit, 3 Uhr deutscher Zeit, schien uns das einschlafen dann aber in Ordnung, also haben wir uns zeitnah zum schlafen hingelegt. Wir freuen uns auf die erste Tour! Good night, Atlanta!Read more

    • Day 2

      Waiting for luggage in Atlanta

      November 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      - Checking out a local music store in Douglasville right next to our hotel and having an interesting conversation with the staff about music, Germany and tanks 😂
      - Driving into Atlanta to see the Martin Luther King memorial center in downtown -> very interesting!
      - Strolling around Olympic Park in downtown and having a little picnic there (exactly what you would expect from family Kahrs) 😄
      - Picking up Claudia's luggage from the airport in the evening -> finally got it and then drove towards Nashville stopping in Manchester (not the UK one😉) for the night
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    • Day 14

      Back to Atlanta

      July 21, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Spent today travelling back from San Jose to Atlanta. Arrived to a weather danger alert on our phones. We thought we had left the thunderstorms behind! 😀

    • Day 2

      In the air & arrival into Atlanta

      October 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

      12.30pm
      In the air! Our flight was delayed by 30 mins, not bad considering this is our first delayed flight.
      Spent my £20 voucher on plenty of drinks & snacks for the flight, so Mel & I won’t starve!
      Have a banging headache so have just had a drink & taken some painkillers, it is probably because i’m overtired, not sure if I will be able to sleep on the plane, so will probably read or watch a film.

      6.10pm (UK time)
      I have actually managed to get some sleep on the plane, which makes a change. Attempted to watch Spiderman: Homecoming but found I couldn’t keep my eyes open, plus I think it is a film you need to see on a bigger screen. So instead I have been watching some stuff I downloaded onto my tablet before leaving.
      Mel is actually having a kip next to me! In what I believe is a first, Mel is actually colder than me & had to get her blanket out! 😮

      I spoke too soon, Mel has just woken up so we have decided it is snack time, cheese sandwiches it is!

      Don’t think we will be doing too much in Atlanta tonight, depends how long it will take to get through customs & get a cab to our hotel. We need to try & watch the new episode of Walking Dead before our tour tomorrow.

      4.30pm (US time)
      In a cab to our hotel! Going through customs was much quicker than expected, we were through in about 5 mins, then just had to wait for our luggage.
      Weird to think it is 9.30pm back at home, been up for around 17hrs. Will be nice to get to hotel & get checked in.
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    • Day 2

      Hotel shenanigans

      October 23, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      So in my last post I said it would be nice to get to hotel & check in.

      I spoke too bloody soon, got to Sheraton hotel & guess what....no record of our booking. Mel was close to breaking point whilst I was staying fairly calm, we balance each other well like that. One stresses, one holds it together.

      We had all our booking paperwork from Virgin but nope, no booking, no mention of us on their system. Whilst at reception we tried to call the rep, but no answer. So we had to pay a $50 hold on a room for one night to try & get things sorted. Got to room, I video called my sister, then we took to social media, e-mail, FB, twitter, messenger you name it!! Thank god Mel brought her mobile, but not looking forward to the bill!
      Finally got hold of rep, who is now trying to make contact with Sheraton to get things sorted, so fingers crossed whilst we await a phone call.

      I came on holiday to take a break from all the stress, not to bloody add to it!!
      On a plus side the room is very nice, hopefully we get to stay in it!!
      Now, perhaps an alcoholic drink would calm us down...........
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    • Day 4

      Another tour & being tourists

      October 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

      9.30pm
      Had a busy day! Just got back to the hotel.

      I was awake by 7 so spoke to mum,dad & Nic back home, then read for a bit. We were out of out of our room by 9.45am and got to the lobby in plenty of time to wait outside for our lift. We had arranged a private 3hr tour with D-Tours, who would take us around Atlanta & show us locations from Walking Dead/Hunger Games.
      Our guide Dan was really chatty & friendly. Our first stop was the bridge with the iconic skyline from the first ep of WD where Rick rides the horse into the city, we then proceeded to visit Rick & Morgan’s homes, the alley where Glenn rescued Rick, the intersection with the tank scene, the building where Meryl was handcuffed, Terminus (which was all set up for ready for filming of the new AntMan - sadly I did not see Paul Rudd ☹️), Goat Farm - District 12 from Hunger Games, the hospital where Rick woke up, Sherifs building, CDC building, President Snow’s mansion. We managed to get photos in most locations & Dan was very informative with his knowledge.
      I was surprised to see how much filming is currently going on in Atlanta, we passed several places where production trucks & trailers were set up. But Marvel are doing a lot of filming. Robert Downey Jnr & Benedict Cumberbatch were seen filming only this week but unfortunately not by us!

      After our tour which finished at 1pm, Dan kindly drop us off by Centennial Park. We went for some lunch in a cafe then decided to visit ‘The World of Coca-Cola’. This was actually really interesting, we found out all about the history of the drink, how it started & developed through the years. There were several exhibits such as: The Vault, Bottling, Advertising, Cultural impact, 4D cinema, Meet the polar bear. Probably the most interesting room was the tasting room, here you could taste around 100 varieties of drink from all around the world then have been developed by Coca-Cola, some of the flavours were lovely. Others were hideous, especially one called ‘Beverley’ from Italy, it really was vile! Mel nearly wet herself when she saw my reaction after tasting it, especially when I said ‘God, I need something else to drink, to get the horrible taste of Beverley out of my mouth’!!
      We must have spent a good 2.5hrs there.

      The next stop was the ‘Georgia Aquarium’, we didn’t get there until 4pm but as it is open until 9pm we knew we would have plenty of time to get around and actually we were really luckily as it was quite quiet. Wow, what an aquarium, I can quite understand why it is rated one of the best in the world. It isn’t often i’m speechless but the huge tank housing the whale sharks really is a sight to behold. There are different exhibits such as: Tropical Diver, Ocean Voyager, Cold Water Quest, River Scout, and Dolphin Tales. We were able to see the dolphin show & the sea lion show, you could see how hard the trainers work & the bonds they build with their animals.

      After leaving the aquarium we walked through Centennial Park to make our way back to the hotel but we decided to stop for food at ‘PittyPat’s Porch’, we ate here 2yrs ago and it was really nice, hence why we decided to eat here again. We both had cocktails (had to be done right?!), I had a steak & Mel had chicken. Was really nice but we were too stuffed to get pudding!

      Can’t believe we have to leave Atlanta tomorrow already, however i’m looking forward to Nashville and what we have planned there!
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    • Day 4

      Made it to our next stop!

      November 10, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

      We'll Jasmine's still making her messes, but this time she did it to her self...lol let's just say she drank more than what fit in the cup in some random parking lot lol

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