Arrival to Atlanta

10/13/11

We hanged out with Ivana, Stanko and Katka this morning before we left. We drove about 8 hrs before getting to Atlanta. Traffic was really bad in road 85, apparently something happened but we took a detour after being stuck for 45 min. The detour allowed us to get back to a flowing 85. We got to Atlanta at 7pm. We were received by my sister Jayne and Bill her husband. It was an exciting time to visit Atlanta because Jayne and Bill recently announced that they are expecting a child in May! We arrived at their house and had a great time seeing their new apartment and hearing about their experiences with the pregnancy. Jayne cooked a delicious meal of pork, squash and salad with home made apple pie for dessert. It was great.

After dinner, Jayne and Bill retired for the night and we met Gladys and Ramon for a couple of beers. Gladys is one of Mónica's best friends from undergrad and Ramon is her fiancé.

While in Puerto Rico we were fortunate to witness Ramon's proposal, hence we were eager to share some time with them after the fact.  I know Mónica was really excited to get to spend more time with Ramon since Gladys was probably her undergrad friend that had spent more time with us as a couple at the beginning of our relationship. They picked us up and took us to a bar called The Porter, apparently Beer Advocate rated it as one of the top bars in the country. They did have a fine selection of beers and we sampled some very tasty ones. At bar time we went to their apartment and Ramon showed us some videos of his family in Brazil. Thewe seemed like a fun family and we hope to one day meet them at their wedding. Before finishing up the night we dusted the guitar and vocal cords to sing one or two song. Unfortunately due to the time of night Ramon could not play his percussion. We hope to have a jamming session in the near future.