Saturday, June 1st 2002
Atlanta, GA
Weather: Sunny, Hot and Humid....High of 95
Total Miles To Date 1,016 miles
Money spent today:
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Total Spent Today
$0.00
Total Spent To Date
311.01
7:06am I wake up to Arman running around the house, but no worries, I can go right back to sleep...
9:30am I finally get out of bed, shower and go downstairs to only find that everyone has been up for hours and have even gone on errands and come back...wow, it's nice to sleep in...and to sleep in such a great house..
11am We all load in to the car to go get some breakfast. We went to nice little French cafeteria style bistro...I eat my normal amount, which is nothing....
After spending roughly 1/2 hour eating we start on our quick voyage to Atlanta to tour Coca Cola.
As much fun as this was, it was a weird let down. It wasn't much of a tour but it did have it's interesting aspects. It was more of a memorabilia stock pile. An assortment of different bottles and a video history of coke and it's bottling process. We quickly walked thru this and went to the most interesting part of the tour....The tasting area. It is exactly what you'd think it to be. The first section was a line of fountains that dispensed all the Coke products that you know of sold in America. You know what? I know what coke, sprite and every other flavor tastes like...As Shania said, this don't impress me much. The next room was a lot more interesting. These are the different variations of the formula and other sodas that are sold around the world but never sold here. This is where I tasted the worst shit I have ever drank. It was a drink marketed in Italy called Beverly...YUCK!!!
The tour ultimately ended in the gift shop. There was a lot of cool stuff, but nothing I would ever buy....and off we went and walked around outside for a while
After the tour, we went across the street to the Underground. The underground is unique, and if my understanding is correct it use to be a underground train station that's been converted to stores and clubs. There was a band playing old R&B and soul, but my favorite was when they played Morris Day and the Time's Classis "Jungle Love"
After spending some time there we drove back home where I quickly fell asleep for an hour.
After I woke up, we quickly re-grouped and headed for the mall. It was just to hot to walk around outside, especially with a two year old. I had a good time there, especially since I got to take Arman on the carousel they had in the mall. I even got a great present!! A Spiderman doll that hooks to inside of my car window!!!
After the mall, we headed off to the California Pizza Kitchen had dinner and then back home
We watched some TV, talked and that was about it....It was fun staying here...
Oh yeah...I forgot....On the Travel Channel they listed the top 10 best public bathrooms in the world...one of them is on my journey...The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo (sp?)...Anyway, I can't wait to visit...
Well, I should go to sleep now...I have a long drive to New Orleans tomorrow....
C YA
notes:
A Huge Thank You to Mahmood, Priya and Arman for making my stay so wonderful!!!
Thanks Nicole for telling me the opposite of what everyone else is telling me to do....and that's to not be careful, drive fast and take lots of chances!!!
Jason, what do you mean, I'm not telling the whole story...well, maybe I'm saving the good stuff for later...hmm..then again, I just might be boring
Is my watch broken? It hasn't been 4:20 in days...
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