Sightseeing

Time has just flown by since Chloe arrived the Friday before last. It's great having her here and it works quite well using our living room as a bedroom with an air mattress at night. :) On the weekends and after work we've been keeping busy, seeing the sights of Atlanta.





Stone Mountain, just east of Atlanta.













Yes, of course we walked up instead of taking the the cable car up the mountain.










Botanical Garden of Atlanta, checking out the art scattered around the gardens.










































Coke tasting at The World of Coca-Cola, for those who didn't know, Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola.










White water rafting with my job Rödl & Partner, we had a firm outing last Friday. It was so much fun! Charles and I are in the front of the boat, Chloe is sitting behind Charles and there are three of my colleagues and two guides in the back.






















Strolling around one of Savannah's 24 beautiful squares on Saturday afternoon.











Breakfast on the beach on Tybee Island on Sunday morning, before burning our skin in the hot hot sun.







Charles and Chloe are now spending four days in New York City, while Casey and I are at home... someone has to stay at home and earn the money. :) Actually, it's quite nice having a couple of calm days for myself. I'll be getting back to you soon again. Take care!

Kram!

Friday!

Hey everybody!

It's Friday and in only a couple hours it will be weekend! I thought I'd write a little something on my lunch break, I was eating my lunch at my desk anyway today. I'll be leaving work a little earlier today to pick Chloe up from the airport. Charles, who is off school for three weeks, had planned to pick her up, but this week he started interning at a sports agency here in Atlanta. He had an interview at the sports agency on Monday and started working on Tuesday... he's starting with one full week now and then working 2 days a week during the fall combined with his studies. What a great opportunity!

On Monday I went to my first SWEA (an international organization for Swedish women living abroad) get-together. It was great, but at the same time kind of strange. I met many swedes in different ages and everybody speaks Swedish and talks about normal Swedish things and had Swedish "fika". I have to say that it made me feel very warm and at home... I'm definitely going to continue going to the SWEA get-togethers.

Some more Swedish news from Atlanta: http://www.ajc.com/search/content/business/stories/2007/08/06/hm_0807.html
Yes, H&M is coming to Atlanta!!! I'm so excited and also a one of my German colleagues here at work... we've already decided to try to go to the grand opening in April. :)

Well, my lunch break is now over and I should try to finish some things before I leave. After picking up Chloe, we'll start the weekend with a nice easy going dinner at some place outside (if it's not too hot, even though we can always cool ourselves off with some beers) and plan our weekend of sightseeing. I'm so exicted to finally do some sightseeing in Atlanta! :)

Have a great weekend y'all!

Kram!

(Extra manga kramar till Malin!)

Funny Commercial - Ferret Attack

Diet Mountain Dew

You've got to check out this commercial I posted! It might sound a bit pathetic, but this is currently my favorite commercial on TV right now. Hihi... I couldn't stop laughing the first time I saw it. I definitely have to give the Americans credit for their brilliance in making commercials that catch your attention. Even though in this particular Diet Mountain Dew commercial they broadcast on TV does not show the sawing off the leg part.

It's been a very calm weekend. Even though Charles is feeling a little better today, he has been sick with a bad cold and fever since his first day of vacation. I've done my best to make sure he has plenty enough supplies for feeling better and trying to keep myself at a distance to not get sick myself. Both Saturday and Sunday we've (more Charles, I haven't had much of a choice :) ) been watching the PGA Golf Tour... he's hoping to be able to convince me to start playing golf with him this fall... we will have to see about that. Next week we are receiving our first visitor! Chloe, Charles' friend from France, will be arriving on Friday and staying for 2½ weeks. We are really looking forward to having her here and also to finally go see Atlanta's attractions.

Well, to all of you who are starting their first day at work after vacation, I wish you good luck and to the rest have a happy Monday!

Kram!

Tuesday

It's Tuesday evening and I'm enjoying a relaxing evening at home. I just made myself a nice cup of black currant tea, one of my favorite tea flavors which I was happy to stumble across while shopping for ingredients to make my own müsli at the Farmers' Market on Sunday. The Farmers' Market is the place to go if you are looking for foreign foods and they have any type of fresh vegetables and fruit, meat and cheese you could ever dream of... I even found Swedish "hushållsost" (one of Swedens most common cheeses) there!

After quite a calm week at work, I'm am happy to have a lot of work this week. Corporate tax returns are all due to the IRS in a month, so the pressure has risen a bit. I left work around 18.15 after a satisfying day and was hit by a extreme heat while exiting the building. It has been hot and humid the whole time we've been in Atlanta, but the past couple of days have been extreme... touching 100 degrees (ca 37 C). Even though it was hot Charles and I took a long walk in the neighborhoods nearby when I got home. It doesn't take long to break a sweat here with the hilly and curvy roads... the fact that the humidity is over 90% kind of helps as well.

The past weekend was a nice and calm one; we rented movies on Friday after our after-work-drinks and spent two evenings in a row with home cooked food and good movies (even though "Dream Girls" was a little tooooo long). I layed in the sun at the pool for a couple hours on Saturday and spent the afternoon at IKEA (so unusual!) and Atlantic Station (outdoor mall). Charles studied most of the weekend, because he has his final exams on Thursday. After Thursday, he'll be able to enjoy 3 weeks of vacation!

Well it's getting late and I want to have some time to read my book "Anybody out there?"... which is a great book! Good night and sweet dreams!

Kram!

P.S. If you haven't visited Charles' blog yet, you should. He went skydiving last week and has posted some cool pictures!