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In about 6.5 days I will be boarding for the US. To spend Christmas and New Years there - almost a month. 2 days before, I will probably be on for the last time this year.
First a couple of days of Atlanta, GA and then all the holidays in Memphis, TN.
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I hope you enjoy your visit to the US Vautrin.
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Thanks. After the last time, my biggest worry is Customs and Immigration officers. :? Pretty paranoid by now
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Wishing you Happy Holidays, Vautrin! I will look forward to you telling us about your visit when you're back!
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Luckily not. But after last tme (which got me seriously worried), it is a bit hard for me to cast aside the doubts.
But once in, we have a lot of things to do in Atlanta, in only 2.5 days or so. A busy schedule in the first couple of days. After that, it should calm down.
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I will be online for the last time this year in about 7 hours. :|
Then the last issues, and then I am off .
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Have a wonderful trip and a great time, Vautrin, we'll miss you!
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i guess i'm too late to wish you a happy holiday in the states.
I hope you have a ton of fun!!!!!! we'll see you when you get back.
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I am back!
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Forgot to add in my last post....NEED Details, Vautrin!
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Day 1:
Flying to Chicago, no problem. In Chicago, about half of all the flights were cancelled. Mine luckily not. When I arrived in Atlanta, my baggage had not arrived. My gf met up with me there, and we decided to let the baggage be delivered to the hotel. 12.15 AM - fire alarm. We were just in bed, after gruelling 20+ hour flights. We quickly dressed up, got down to the hallway. Luckily my gf had her bag - with a credit card. We had to pay upfront at another hotel, to spend the night there. What fun - two zombies having barely a couple of hours of sleep before the second day comes around. We needed to go to the airport, to catch a train, and to check my baggage. When we were aboard the shuttle, I realized I had left my wallet in the hotel that caught fire. So we went there - and when waiting for the next shuttle, the airport delivery service came. With my bag! We got a free ride as well.
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What an extraordinary start for a holiday! 8O
Looking further for more details...anxiously.... |
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I had no problem getting in the country. All the officials were pissed off with my countrymen who still had to fill out the forms at the check points. I had filled out everything, so it was a piece of cake.
We had to move a ton of stuff of my gf. Guess who was the mule? And then drive from Atlanta to Memphis. A long ride, but somehow we made it. Then I met her mom and stepfather ...
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You are such a prolific writer; you are leaving me on the edge of my seat!
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Glad you are back Vautrin. We missed you. Hope your trip went better after the fire incident.
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First night was okay; we were just in time for some improvised pasta meal. We packed our stuff, and went to bed quite early.
Both her mom and stepfather of course had some holidays. He for a week, she for two weeks (she is a high school teacher). We drove around Memphis for a bit, to see thhe river and most of downtown Memphis. Quite nice to see. Had some drinks and some lunch downtown. And that was that for the day. The next day my gf's sister came over with her husband, for the Christmas celebrations. We had to pack a lot of presents. Mostly my gf, as she took upon herself the responsibility for the presents (because I barely knew any of them, although I had met her sister and her sister's husband before). My gf did like my present though. Other than that, we did not really do much for the week my gf's sister and her husband were around.
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atlanta to memphis is probably a 7 hour drive, so yeah thats pretty far.
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We took about 7 hours; and that is including the one hour delay in Birmingham. :wink:
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