Oh Atlanta

What a relief! During our various trips through the USA we developed a black list...a 'never go there again - list'. Yesterday we spent a nigh in Montgomery, Alabama. Driving from New Orleans to Atlanta in one day didn't feel like a good option and this city was kind of in the middle of the trip. And has a Hank Williams museum. Which closed at 4:30 (instead of 6, as the Lonely Planet said) and did NOT open at 9am (like the sign on the door said). Montgomery almost depressed us. How can you fry every kind of food? There was not one healthy restaurant to find and the 'cozy family style hotel' with the great reviews on the internet was just okay. Anyway...today e arrived in Atlanta...and we love it! We have a nice hotel, there are nice café's and restaurants in the neighborhood aaaaandddd we'll play at Eddie's Attic tomorrow! 'Markowski' is listed in every concert agenda and everybody actually knows that place (compared to other venues we've played...). So we're happy now :-)

Forgot to tell you about New Orleans...we didn't perform there, but I insisted of staying there at least one night. I'm sure there are several ways to help the city, we decided to be a tourist for one day. We've been there once, before Katrina. It's weird to see the big Superdome where thousands of people fled to, hiding from the hurricane that was so strong it even destroyed parts of the roof. We drove through a couple of areas where you could still feel the disaster: houses that are no homes anymore, wood instead of windows, dirt everywhere. And here and there a house or business with new, bright paint, where people start a new life. The guy from the Visitors Center told us there used to live more than 500.000 people in N.O.. Now its approximately 250.000. The other half moved to other parts of the USA. It's sad and there is a lot of anger going on. The people think the government could have done more to prevent this catastrophe from growing even bigger. We left the town feeling sad.