On the way back from Callaway Gardens we stopped in Warm Springs and visited 'The Little White House'. It was a fascinating and poignant experience for all of us. Kerstin has already studied enough US history to understand and explain the importance of F.D.R's life and she said this was her highlight of the weekend.
Over the weekend we ventured south of Atlanta for the first time and drove to Callaway Gardens which is a beautiful 2,500 acre garden with hiking and biking trails, as well as attractions and accommodation. The weather was warm and sunny and we enjoyed being back out in nature. The girls were very excited beforehand about the tree-top adventure course there, but unfortunately they were too short for the 'real' course and the children's course was far too small. We would love to go back here again to cycle and hike but the accommodation and food were not as wonderful as the surroundings. On Tuesday evening we braved the traffic into midtown to visit the annual Holiday Lights display at Atlanta Botanical Gardens which was fun but crowded. This week has been Thanksgiving Break for the girls so we've been taking it easy at home as well as getting out and about locally. We're very thankful that we've settled in so well during our first four months here. This move has not been without a few stresses and tears but we all had plenty to be thankful for today. This slideshow shows some of our week so far. Look what we found today! We started off the weekend with pizzas cooked in the Big Green Egg, yum! On Sunday afternoon we visited the Atlanta High Museum of Art for the first time, which is only fifteen minutes drive away. There was a special family festival so admission was free. This meant that it was very busy, especially since it was a cold, rainy day. We thought the museum was fascinating and will definitely be going back again, on a quieter day! On Saturday, Susan was invited by a friend to attend a photographic exhibition at the Atlanta University Center Library on the west side of the city centre. The photographer had spent a year photographing the almost derelict site of one of Atlanta's historically black African-American universities, which was situated nearby. We also got a private tour of the library, which serves the African-American cluster of Universities in Atlanta, and a look at it's own current exhibition about the student civil rights movement formed by students in Atlanta in the 1960's. It was a fascinating and thought-provoking experience which made the present-day issues of education, race, segregation, discrimination and poverty very real.
Here is a link to a review of the photographic exhibition for anyone interested: http://tablet.olivesoftware.com/Olive/Tablet/AtlantaJournalConstitution/SharedArticle.aspx?href=AJC%2F2015%2F10%2F30&id=Ar04402 We've never owned a grill before but Jonathan came home this week with a Big Green Egg so tonight we had our first grill on the balcony. It was 20 degrees celsius and the chefs were wearing shorts and t-shirts. It was like a Swedish summer evening but without the midges! (It has rained all week though, in case we're giving you the misleading impression that it's hot and sunny All the time.)
Claudia brought Splat the Cat home from school, so we decided to attempt to bake using the pumpkin, for the first time ever. The girls made pumpkin cupcakes which were delicious and Susan made a pumpkin pie and pumpkin and ginger tea bread, yum!
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