So often it’s these days when too much happens and there is too much to report. It’s not unusual that I leave a blank entry on days like today– days in which I also took well over a hundred photos.
Well, I’ll try to throw out the overview of what would otherwise take me hours to write: After two weeks at Julie’s, meditating, meeting health-care professionals, catching up on communications and getting an introductory taste of Atlanta, I’m slowly resuming my miles. Friday, I walked nearly ten miles to Midtown, Atlanta. I’m staying with Rocio Sotomayor– and we speak the same three languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese).
- Locals have advised me to take a glimpse at the DragonCon crowd in downtown Atlanta this morning, with all of their superhero and villain costumes, which was a hoot.
- I toured other parts of downtown, including the historic Curb Market, which has a small-scale Pike Place Market feel.
- I spent hours at the MLK National Historic Site, which includes his birthplace and grave. I was moved to tears by the greater story. I could write for hours about his enormous inspiration to me. I can’t think of any American who has inspired me more.
- I walked through a sketchy neighborhood this afternoon, and fear got the adrenaline pumping.
- Rocio prepared an AWESOME Peruvian dinner.
- I met a woman at Trader Joe’s who invited me onto an off-my-route bicycle tour of Atlanta tomorrow morning, and I accepted!!