Macon, Georgia

I've spent almost a week in Macon, Georgia in the USA. I'm blogging about everything to do with the InSITE conference in another blog; Teacher Educator Bjørn. In this post I'll say a little of what Macon had to offer other than the conference.

I stayed at Ramada Macon West, a typical US road-side motel of which I've seen so many in movies. As it's the first time I've stayed in one, I thought that was cool. The rooms were okay and - most important of all - there was a swimming pool.




Before the conference, we went on a "study trip" to three of Macon's sights: The
Ocmulgee National Monument, The Hay House and The Tubman African American Museum).

The Ocmulgee National Monument was a historic site for the native Americans and partly a museum with artifacts uncovered from the site. It was interesting.



The Hay House (photography not allowed inside) was a mansion in which rich, white people had lived. It was beautiful and with lots of great details.




The last stop was the Tubman African American Museum, dedicated to the history of African Americans. The museum had lots of folk art and also a room full of inventions by African American inventors - all in all an interesting museum.

I had a nice day spending time in these three places - while getting to know new colleagues. None of the sights were on the level of the main sights in Atlanta, however. More about them later...