Road trip

Alright, so I left you last time when I was heading to Houston. Well, there's nothing much to say about this city. The only cool thing there is the "underground"-city. There are tunnels leading from one building to the other, so most of the people are underneath the ground and that's why you're almost alone as a tourist on the streets :) it was funny going underground and see all the business people walking from one place to the other, you can even get a barber, a dentist and a lot of restaurant down there! ... Also I had the best hostel experiene EVER! The HI-Houston: The Morty Rich Hostel. It's a big mansion made into a hostel, with a pool outside, great free breakfast and it was all very clean and the staff was sooooo nice! If you ever go to Houston (even though the city isn't really exciting), stay at this hostel! ;) I also met a lot of nice people, I hope to stay in touch with some of them, but I became good friends with Allie from Australia and Anne from Denmark. They were heading to New Orleans as well and I couldn't wait to see them again....

Last Wednesday I drove from Houston to New Orleans. It was a long drive, so I decided to stay in my first night and get some rest. The India hostel was alright, but compared to my last one really dirty and the house needs some more attention! Allie was in my room again and I was really glad to have a friend there. The first day I went to the Garden District and looked and one of these cool, "new orleans styled" cemeteries. They are really nice, not just stones. 

We also went down to the river and walked around the French Quarter! I loooooove New Orleans. The vibe is just extraordinary, so many people, great music and everybody had a great time. After a quick nap back at the hostel, Allie, Zoe (from France) and I went to Fritzel's at Bourbon Street to see a real jazz band. It was awesome! I loved the music and the atmosphere, it was indiscribable! We also met up with Anne, who was staying at another hostel. After that we went to some other bars and listened to a few more bands until we went back to the hostel. Allie and I booked a swamp-tour for friday and we needed to be up and ready by 10.15am. A bus picked us up from the hostel and drove us to the swamps. We headed to a little boat and spent the next 2 hours out there. It was soooo cool. We saw aligators, birds (don't ask me which one, I'm really bad in those things) and snakes! We fed the aligators some marshmallows and hot-dogs! ;)

I had so much fun in New Orleans. The last day it was raining very bad, so Allie and I went to the movies to see Iron Man 3! I loved the movie, it was really good :)

On saturday I drove to Montgomery, Alabama and stayed in a motel for one night. I had a double bed, a tv, my own bathroom and a kitchen. Compared to my five weeks staying in hostels this felt like a 5-star hotel :D

On Sunday I then head to Atlanta, GA! Since I could sleep at my friends sisters house in Buford, I went to Atlanta first and tried to do some sight-seeing. There isn't much else than the biggest aquarium in the world and the Coca Cola Museum. I went to both of them and I actually have to say that I liked the World of Coke more :D the aquarium was cool though, they have a few different exhibitions with different kind of animals from the sea. penguins, whales, sharks, fish, crabs and even frogs. the coke museum showed several different spots from all over the world, a 4D-"movie" (that was actually bad ;)) amd you can taste all kinds of different coke brands from over the world. and you even get a bottle of coke for free :D

I went to Roberta (Ancas sister) afterwards. She and her husband have a beautiful little house 45min outside from downtown Atlanta and I was and still am very grateful to stay here. I'm so happy to have people I can talk to and have longer conversations with :) today we went to a HUGE baking-shop with lots of supplies that I can use for my hobby-bakery ;) I had a great time here and I can't wait to get to Midlothian on Wednesday and see my relatives!

But first I need to drive to Charlotte tomorrow and get another motel room :) 

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