Martin Luther King, Jr

No trip to Atlanta would be complete without a visit to Martin Luther King, Jr’s memorial  – um – section of town. It really is about three city blocks and very impressive. All beautifully kept up. This first image is the original Ebenezer Baptist Church where MLK preached.

The new Ebenezer Baptist Church is constructed directly across the street. It is still being used for services.

Getting a picture of the Eternal Flame when there wasn’t a crowd around it and the flames were good because there wasn’t wind was impossible so I settled for no crowd/no flame.

This is the fountain with the graves in the middle. I could not catch a moment when the sun was shining to take this picture when I was there, so I have overcast. When the sun is shining, it’s breathtaking.

These are the graves from sort of the front. Again, there was no way to get a shot when there weren’t people right there, which explains the total strangers on the right side of my picture.

You would think I was there on a weekend in the summer instead of a weekday in March. This is the house MLK grew up in with ten other people living there at the same time. It’s about two blocks from the church.

This is a must see area because it’s so impressive. They way it’s put together, you really do get a sense of history. Allow two hours at minimum and be prepared to walk because finding parking can be tricky.

CNN

Last spring I went to Altanta to interview for a job teaching English in Abu Dhabi. I have finally gotten it together to post the pics.

This is me sitting in front of the CNN sign. Yes, I am wearing a leopard print, fake fur coat. I wore it to the interview too. My interview was at a hotel around the block from CNN and my friend’s husband works there so we went to CNN after to get my mind off of waiting.

This is me standing in the CNN atrium in my interview outfit.

This is the front end of CNN.com. Where I was standing, Sanjay Gupta’s office was immediately to my left. I got to meet him while I was there. Unfortunately, my brain was consumed with “did I get my dream job?”

Same perspective, straight ahead.

This is the studio where they could do live streaming, but my friend’s husband said they don’t do that much any more.

And this is the length of the room from tne back all the way to the windows. I was standing on a balcony above what they refer to as the Bat Cave where there are yet more desks.

We weren’t allowed to take pictures during the tour of CNN so I have no photos of there. The tour was very interesting though and if you get a chance to do it, don’t pass it up.