Atlanta, Georgia

Well, today we got up late due to a lovely experience an hour past midnight…on my way to the shower I encountered a cockroach climbing in the hotel room closet, so we switched a room at 1:30 a.m. Poor Omri had to be moved from bed in the middle of the night, but went back to sleep. Anyway it resulted in our waking up even later than usual and starting the day pretty late. We enjoyed Atlanta’s views very much, including an amazing neighborhood with mansions truly jaw dropping located on acres and acres. We went through a nice southern mansion and took pictures of it from the outside (stroller issues again) on our way to the history center. Here we learned some more about southern culture, architecture and most importantly – history. The highlight of the museum was the civil war exhibit where we got a chance to learn the facts and view them from southern eyes. Of course we met President Lincoln once again. On our way back we went to eat at the cheese cake factory as usual, and sat outside although it was very hot….practicing the adjustment to heat before going back home :)

Today we woke up very early in order to get some breakfast (which was lame) and demand a discount from the hotel after the cockroach experience, which they ended up giving us. We went to visit Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world, and got there pretty early, there were no lines – yey! This aquarium contains about 24 million(!) liters of water, and thousands of amazing fish that live in many different seas. The most unique fish is a Whale/Dolphion that lives in very cold water, also there is a whale shark - huge wale. There was also a cool place where you walk under the aquarium in a tunnel and all the fishes swim above you. The aquarium is very child friendly and Omri had a great time. He stared at the fish, and then at people, and ran after a little girl. He also tried to climb one of the aquariums. We also had a great time watching the whales, sharks, seals and the rest of the fish, so we arrived in Macon pretty late, and went to do some food shopping in the local store. We were surprised they sell alcohol in the supermarket (in Boston you must go to the liqour store). We also got to talk to people, who by the way have very heavy accents in Georgia, even more than in Tennessee. Generally you get the feeling it’s much more family oriented around here.