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Stone Mountain - Confederate leaders - Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson Since I usually go with the underdog I would be with the Southerns in the Civil war lol If I were American of course hahahaha

You, however, have soulful eyes!!!

One from the Jackson Street Bridge

Yeah this is what I was told. So strange, maybe in the US they import different selection of coffee beans than in Europe?? It's funny because l have visited the US 3 times (this is the third), the second one was 5 and something years ago before I moved to the UK and the first time was exactly 10 years ago. I thought only Europe was hit by the high inflation but I can see big differences in prices in the US too. Everything has gone up a lot. Anyway, yesterday I went to the Aquarium. It was nice.

Thing is, he is still on the loose. You don't know where he could appear. It's strange he managed to evade the police. There was a huge police force there, I even saw helicopters circling the area. Somehow though he managed to escape. Probably those first minutes before the police arrived were enough for him to steal a car and get away. It takes time to inform the public there is a shooter out there. They did it pretty fast I would say, I happened not to have internet unfortunately....But the police arrived fairly quickly. Hope they catch him.....Damn, you can drink coffee at Starbucks with a serial killer sitting in the next table........

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta-police-investigating-active-shooter-incident-midtown/HFIIPRLDQNCVRLLVGRZCPXO6LE/ This is not helping tourism....I was walking past the Northside hospital when it happened. I didn't hear the shooting but I saw the first police vehicles arriving at the scene. I had no idea what was happening. I continued walking. A few minutes later and a couple of hundred meters down the road, I sat on a bench. A policeman told me to go inside a store because there was an incident. I didn't ask what happened, I went inside a supermarket. However, how long can you stay inside a supermarket? I went outside again heading back home. I don't have 4G here but when I walked past a shop my phone connected to the wifi and I saw my brother had called me a few times. He messaged me "Call as soon as you see the message". He had never sent a message so urgent before. I was on the same street the shooting happened walking back when I called him back. He told me there is a crazy guy with gun shooting people and then he asked me where I was. I told him West Peachtree Street. He said this is exactly where he is, run the other way. I went the other way. Then I took another way back to our house since I don't think it's wise to be outside when a crazy shooter is on a killing spree. I can still hear the sirens outside. They haven't caught him yet. And this is the good safe area of Atlanta. One thing in my life I don't want is to be shot by a crazy stranger I don't know just because I happened to be near him. Which could actually be true because I spent the whole day hopping from cafeteria to cafeteria since 7 am this morning in this street....

On a completely different subject, now that I stay with my brother and his wife and can see how well they get along, it’s nice that at least one of us is in a healthy happy relationship. I admit I was against this marriage but it turns out so far I was completely wrong. Well, he has better judgement than me by far. She is a good pragmatic person. Intelligent, educated, hard worker, no drama queen for no reason. Nobody can tell the future of course but yeah it was a good decision albeit quite fast. Good thing he didn't listen to me. Plus it's nice he didn't imitate my parents toxic behaviour. Meanwhile it seems my parents are heading to a nasty divorce. It's a matter of time unfortunately.

I don't know if the pollen triggered an allergy or I am getting a cold 🤧 hope not the second. I need to slow down. I walked so many hours the last few days my body is complaining. The weather is pretty good though, like Greece almost, really sunny 🌞. The downside there is no decent coffee in Atlanta, I tried 7 different cafeterias already, just bad coffee everywhere lol. I did most of the things tourist do, there is nothing left. If bro is busy on the weekend I might visit another town until I go to New Orleans.

Some photos of Atlanta I took today and yesterday. I haven't found the right spots for photography yet though.

Damn, she messaged me she has been crying all day. I didn't mean to do that. Oh man...

Well I chickened out, I tried to weasel out of it, I took her for a ride, we sat on the beach and I told her we have different goals (which is true but I didn't mention anything about attraction) and there is no future. She teared up a bit. She got it or at least I thought so. However, then she suggested we visit a hotel one last time. I agreed when I shouldn't. There was no penetration but everything else. I drover her home and I thought that was it. But the next day she kept messaging me all day long, I didn't reply but she wouldn't get it. I wrote her a harsh message that aside from the other factors I don't feel physical attraction to her because although she has pretty face and I like her personality I tend to like thinner girls. OK I admit this is where I f*cked up big time, I didn't think of it much when I wrote it. Her reply was a paragraph long that I didn't have the balls to tell her in person (which is true) and it's offensive to do something with a girl and then tell her you don't find her attractive (which I guess is also true from a woman's perspective). She was correct though, I didn't treat her right. That was the first time in my life I did something with a girl I don't like, can't say it went well or was worth it in the first place. And I acted like a p*ssy which might be the worst.

Super excited!!! Just landed!! Bro has a nice place 👌 can't wait to explore YAY

Finally!!!! YAY

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We went for a walk last weekend as friends. Then, yesterday she asked me if I wanted to go for a walk again with her. I was like ok why not. When we got back, she suggested we sit in the park. She had other stuff on her mind. We sat on a bench. I thought ok now either I kiss her or I tell her I am not into her. I kissed her and one thing led to another apparently and we ended up in her car in the middle of nowhere. During the whole thing, she complimented me so many times I found it kind of uncomfortable. I reciprocated some compliments of course but it was mostly due to being polite. At the end she told me she likes me and I replied I liked her back (which is not true). I don't mind hanging out with her but I am not interested in a relationship with her. I like her as a person but this is as far as it goes. I need to find a way to cut it.

Wow!!! Thank you for placating my concerns. I feel much more relaxed now hahaha 😆

This lady here describes everything I feel to the T. It's true that when you start travelling it's extremely difficult to settle down. Especially in your home country, you feel so stagnant........It's difficult to explain it. I think this Swedish lady on the podcast who traveled a lot before moving to the US and did all those amazing things she did, put it very accurately (1:48:40): home is everywhere but you don't feel fully at home anywhere. I think this describes most nomads. Btw, Jib I think you would find this gal below interesting.

I haven't organised a meetup since last time. It was Easter holidays here (Orthodox Easter is one week later) and I took a break. This weekend I wanted to upload a new video as I am leaving next Saturday. I will resume the meetups once I am back. I bought a ticket for a 2 hours river cruise in New Orleans (is it the Mississippi river there?) and an airboat tour in the swamps to see the alligators. Damn, this would be fun. As long as the boat won't capsize of course lol. My coding skills won't dissuade the alligators I am afraid hahaha I don't think I would have enough time to visit all the places I would like as I want to spend some time with bro too. I think I will choose Nashville over Savannah but I haven't decided yet. Everyone who has visited New Orleans told me it's awesome and a person like me would love it. Let's see 🙂

I spoke with an ex-colleague from my last job in the UK. She said she liked my Youtube channel. I asked her how did she know about it since I hadn't told her. She told me my erstwhile manager promoted my channel during the morning meetings and encouraged people to subscribe. She said he is still talking about me and he is very proud of me starting a youtube channel???????????????????? I am like I left the company almost a year ago and the atmosphere wasn't the best anyway. It was pretty bad actually. Why would he speak highly of me a year later and after what happened??? I can't fathom his intentions???? I doubt we will meet or work together in the future....although you never know, life is unpredictable. People are strange, go figure.

Of course you can't. Who would?? I do believe most people who are not religious fanatic need a dogma to believe in which helps them in their life. I also believe we all or most of us need a story to believe in to keep us going. It does not have to be a religion. For instance, a rug to riches with lots of adventures story is a tale that motivates me. For someone else, it might be a nice house full of kids. I am an atheist myself but I don't mind religions as long as they don't force it down my throat. Now, things become weird when you believe that God reveals you the path to happiness, success, peace of mind and whatnot. It's so preposterous I wouldn't even try to engage in a conversation if I heard something along those lines. It's a different world... Yes this does sound odd. I thought most public (I assume it's public school?) schools in the UK don't involve religious teaching?? Correct me if I am wrong but most people in the UK are protestants I think. Correct me if I am wrong again, I thought protestants are the least fanatic believers?? I am not wasting time arguing for nonsense. Nonetheless, I am a libertarian. Their life, their opinions. As long as they don't force them on me one way or another. My take on religion in general? Religions were like the social media before the advent of technology. They are based on doctrines to keep people under control. It was a medium to push propaganda. We have social media for this nowadays but imagine how would you control the masses if you didn't have the current technology? Definitely creepy and unhealthy to shove it down his throat at this age. Lol let me know how it plays out.

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Yeah I read about your acquaintance's paranormal fantasies lol. Did she really call a witch doctor? Was that for real? Did you ask her if she is smoking something funky to share it with us lol I tell you what, I have met engineers who believe in psychics. For real. I always found it strange with engineers who believe in God and are very religious, I think their judgment might not be that emmm good. However, believing in psychics and stuff is beyond comprehension notably when you are an engineer. Go figure.....