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RELO Mexico TESOL group on its way to see the MLK Center in Atlanta
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A kind passerby took the group photo
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We stopped quite a while to listen to a gospel choir that was performing in the MLK Park
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Then we went inside Dr. King's church, Ebenezer Baptist
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Looking at some of the activists the church has produced
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The Six Principles of Nonviolence
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Irene & Vivi at Martin and Coretta King's tombs
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Flowers and the old firehouse between MLK's grave and birthplace
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At the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King
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Unfortunately tours of the interior were all booked
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Taking in the scenery of the Old Fourth Ward as we walk back
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The new ten commandments?
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We pause in the Centennial Olympic Park for photos and for others to catch up
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We can see our boutique hotel, the Glenn, hidden behind the tree
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Alma receives a Coke from Dr. Pemberton in front of the Coke Museum
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Jessica shares a Coke with its inventor
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Fancy apartment buildings, the Fox Theater, and a map of Midtown where Alma checks on our location
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Built by the Shriners, the Fox Theater opened in 1929; the Egyptian Ballroom is designed after the Ramses II temple at Karnak
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Leo, Vivi, and Alma read about the Fox Theater's fascinating history
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When it started to rain seriously at the house where Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone With the Wind," we ended our walk and called an Uber
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Our Monday evening dinner together (L to R) Ruth, Vivi, Leo, Alma, Jessica, Jorgem Jose Manuel, Claudia, Irene, and Michel (on Teacher Exchange Program)
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Irene was especially happy with the music at our dinner
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Near the convention center, the Olypmic Park, and CNN in Atlanta
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Arriving at the convention center for a bit of orientation
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Mexico participants front & center for the newcomers orientation
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We met up with May and Kinda, friends from my previous posts, for the Opening Plenary
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Showing off the TESOL 2019 convention bag
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Wednesday morning on our way to the plenary
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I went to Dawn's panel on mentoring where I got to see Aya and Samia from our program in Egypt as well as Vivian who helped train them
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Happy to see NileTESOL past president Omaima
