Monday 22 August 2011

The Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta

My honeymoon hasn't really involved many bookish destinations, so when we decided to visit Atlanta for two days, I insisted that we go to the Margaret Mitchell house.  I first read Gone With the Wind when I was about 16 or 17, and have been a fan of both the book and the film ever since.


Ignore the wonkiness of the photo, but this is the Margaret Mitchell house.  She lived with her second husband in an apartment on the ground floor whilst she wrote the majority of the book.  We had an informative tour by someone who knew a lot about the both the house and Margaret, but unfortunately were not allowed to take any photos inside the actual apartment.  The best part was that everyone on the tour was clearly a massive book geek!


The attached museum has lots of book and film memorabilia.  This portrait is used in the film, when Rhett and Scarlett are living together.


Creating my own masterpiece!


And just for fun! :P


We're leaving for home tomorrow.  As we didn't book the most expensive flight available, we have a midnight three-hour stop over at Toronto before heading on for London.  In 23 days we've visited eight states and I've driven over 2000 miles.  Not bad :)

11 comments:

  1. Sounds like you are having a great trip.

    Oooh... I love the fact that then I clicked over your blog told me that you're reading _Gone with the Wind_ right now. So appropriate.

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  2. I had a great time Karen, back home now. And the Margaret Mitchell House is totally why I'm rereading Gone With the Wind! :P

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  3. It sounds like it was a great trip! I love taking book inspired trips, actually have been planning one to England, loosely based around Remarkable Creatures and a couple similar reads.

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  4. What a fab trip. Cannot believe you are home already.

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  5. That's so cool that there was a whole tour of book nerds - I love it! I would love that tour too :-) sounds like you've had a brilliant honeymoon, hope the flight home's not too terrible :-/

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  6. Sophie, it was so much fun! Did you visit Lyme Regis on your trip then? I used to holiday there with my family when I was little and it's a gorgeous place.

    Jo, tell me about it! And back to work soon :(

    Mummazappa - Yep, I fit right it! The flight home was fine, apart from my suitcase getting left in Toronto... it was delivered this morning, but still a bit stressful!

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  7. Not bad at all. And you've even found the time for blogging. You're an amazing Wonder Woman! Lovely pics.

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  8. It's so cool that you got to visit the Margaret Mitchell house while reading Gone With the Wind. I hope you have a great time in London. :)

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  9. So cool, the place where a literary legend was born! Wish they'd let you take pictures inside too.
    Glad you're back in England, just in time before all the weather craziness here.

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  10. Now there is a place that I would like to be!

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  11. not bad indeed!!! i hope you liked The South! :)

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