Trip To Georgia Day 03

Trip to Atlanta, GA
Day 03, Thursday, May 07, 2009

Due to cloudy skies and prior commitment to the tickets we today did the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Atlanta Civic Center in the morning.

Then we went to Johnny Rockets retro diner for lunch.

In the afternoon we did the Georgia Aquarium. We saw the shark feeding at 3 PM. Later we left the town and went to the Cumberland Mall Food court for dinner.

Trip to Georgia 02

Trip to Atlanta, Georgia

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Atlanta, GA 30339

The day started with cloudy skies and rainy roads. Our original plan today was to go to the Stone Mountain Park on the Northeast of Atlanta. But due to the rainy and cloudy conditions we have decided to change our plans from outdoors to indoors.

So after a nice breakfast at the Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel we traveled to downtown Atlanta and went to Fernbank Museum. The Fernbank Museum houses one of the largest skeletons of a dinosaur. We saw the dinosaur exhibit walk through time in Georgia exhibit and watched an IMAX movie about the dinosaur excavations in Mangolia and New Mexico.

Then we stopped by Luckie Street and ate at Burgers and More. Bought group tickets to World of Coca-Cola (revamped in 2007). There we saw the exhibits and saw a 4-D movie (sound, 3D and movements of the chair).

Then we walked through the Centennial Olympic park and headed home by about 6:30 PM.

Trip to Georgia Day 01

Travel to Atlanta, GA
Via US-27 through FL and GA
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

We started our trip around 9:45 AM in Tallahassee and took US-27 via FL and GA and traveled to Atlanta, GA.

Around 11:00 AM we stopped in Colquit/Donaldsonville, Ga for some snacks at a gas station. Then started driving slowly through some rain and arrived at Columbus around 1:00 PM and stopped Zaxby and Taco Bell for lunch.

Then we took I-185 and traveled to Atlanta, Ga and arrived around 4 PM at our destination.

Trip to Georgia Day 0

Preparing for the trip
Monday, May 04, 2009
Tallahassee, FL

We are preparing for our trip to Georgia. We have started to pack the boxes with our travel amenities.

Visit Chicago 02

Visit Chicago 02
Chicago-Midway Airport (MDW)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Visit Chicago 01

Visit Chicago 01

Monday, March 30, 2009

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL 60611

Early Monday I left for Chicago via Delta flight getting a connection in ATL. By the time I arrived in MDW the weather from TLH to MDW has changed so much. It was a bright but blustery day with temperatures ranging from mid 30s to mid 40s. We picked a SUV (with a Garmin GPS Navigator) and exchanged the correct one at ORD and headed to Northwestern University, Downtown Campus, Chicago, IL.

Our host was waiting for us and we completed our official work well after our lunch time. Then we took some time for lunch. By the time we came back the host had some work to do and our work was complete and so we headed to Hotel Affinia Chicago, a block away.

Later that evening, we walked slowly on the Lake Shore Drive, two blocks from the University,  toward Navy Pier. We spent some time at the Navy Pier and the surrouning park. After dinner we drove to Millenium Park and saw "The Bean" and the "The Face". Then later that night we went to John Hancock Building Observatory and saw the view of the city at night. 

Trip to Chicago 01

Trip to Chicago, IL
Preparation

I will be traveling to Chicago, IL in few weeks. I have booked my ticket using a traveling website for the cheapest price. Once it has been decided, I asked my host for suggestion for a place to stay. Since it is a big city and the place I am going is very close to downtown, I followed upon my host's advice and used maps.yahoo.com to plug the address and narrowed down the cheap hotel from the list provided by my host.