{"id":1905,"date":"2014-02-25T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T21:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:41:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:41:50","slug":"life-in-the-atl-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/life-in-the-atl-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in the \u201cATL\u201d &#8211; Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2k0dap-a35db9a61c9581cd75f4fc812abe7aa3\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-2k0dap-a35db9a61c9581cd75f4fc812abe7aa3 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:14.2857%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-2k0dap-a35db9a61c9581cd75f4fc812abe7aa3 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-450x272.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-495x370.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Atlanta'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-1908 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1908\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Atlanta' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2014\/02\/Atlanta-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Atlanta is a diverse city in the south east of the USA, located in the State of Georgia. The city has numerous claims to fame including host of the Olympics in 1996, home to Coca Cola and CNN, the largest aquarium in the world, the busiest airport in the world, and home to many celebrities including the late Whitney Houston, Ludacris, Usher and, at one time, Elton John.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta has in recent years become a very popular location for filming, and at any given time, you can be sure there is at least one movie being filmed here. Just recently the Hunger Games II film unit set up camp just around the corner to my office. The popular TV show \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d is also filmed here.Atlanta itself is what I would call a \u201csuburban city\u201d. It\u2019s a city of rolling hills, dense with trees; of skyscrapers interspersing with residential bungalows, cottages, Greek revival homes, and sprawling estates. For the sake of simplicity, I will divide Atlanta into 3 sections \u2013 Downtown \u2013 largest business district\/sporting venues, Midtown \u2013 2nd largest business district, art and cultural center, home of Piedmont Park; and Buckhead \u2013 3rd largest business district, home to two upscale shopping malls and home to the Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of these three main areas, the very funky and hip Decatur\/Virginia Highlands\/Little Five Points\/Fourth Ward borders to the east, and the very cool \u201cWestside\u201d borders to the, well, west\u2026 So it\u2019s a city with different pockets of areas to visit, and a city, unfortunately, with a transport system that needs a complete overhaul \u2013 a car is necessary for exploring. And it\u2019s worth exploring.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta has everything \u2013 it\u2019s just a case of finding it! There is a thriving singles scene, dictated mostly by the various \u201cmeet-up\u201d groups that exist, and world-class shopping, restaurants and nightlife. There is also a great expat community (thanks of course to EuroCircle), and a large number of European pubs\/eateries.<\/p>\n<p>It can get very hot here in the summer, with mosquitoes the size of F16s, and, with no ocean to escape to without a 3-4 hour drive, many Atlantans escape to the north Georgia mountains to cool off. Atlanta fringes on the Appalachians, and just an hour or so north are the Blue Ridge mountains. Hiking, white-water rafting, and mountain climbing are just some of the activities available in these areas, but if you prefer something more relaxing, there are also several good wineries to visit.<\/p>\n<p>It can get cold in winter \u2013 in fact, it\u2019s snowed for 5 years out of the 6 that I\u2019ve lived here. And trust me when I tell you \u2013 when it snows, the city comes to a complete halt. Seriously. Even if it\u2019s a light dusting \u2013 the world here stops. So if you come and visit, spring and fall may be the best months. We look forward to seeing y\u2019all!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vicki Cimkentli<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/vicki-cimkentli\/0\/55b\/b12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta is a diverse city in the south east of the USA, located in the State of Georgia. The city has numerous claims to fame including host of the Olympics in 1996, home to Coca Cola and CNN, the largest aquarium in the world, the busiest airport in the world, and home to many celebrities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29857,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/29857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}