Sunday, October 12, 2008

Grandma came to town!

We had a really good time. We discovered new stores, ate lots of yummy food, and went sight seeing like we'd both never seen the city. Grandma's trip also coinsided with the gas shortage in Georgia, so a good part of her trip was spent wondering when we'd ever get gas. But I promised her that we'd go to the Aquarium, so I got up on Monday morning at 5am and scouted out gas!!

    
This is at the entrance of the Aquarium. Grandma loves to have her picture taken. :-)
  
The picture on the top is of the jelly fish... the Aquarium did a great job of putting them in a tank where people an really see how they work. The picture on the bottom is a seahorse who looks like the plants around him. Very neat!


And here's what the Aquarium is famous for... 1. the whale sharks and 2. the biggest viewing window. 

We also went to see the coke museum across the lawn, but managed to only come out with pictures from the taste testing room.

   

While my grandma took a break and hung out at a little cafe, I walked across the street to Centennial Olympic Park to look for my name! In the 1996 Olympics you could purchase a brick with your name on it and they put them down in the park. I had only seen it once, 12 years ago, so I thought it was time to find it again. I found out where to find the brick and off I went. Come to find out it was at the total opposite end of the park than where I started from. :-/



And that concludes our visit to the city. :-)