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A Few Things I Learned On My Trip To Georgia
1. Folks in Atlanta do NOT know how to drive. Drive at your own risk and peril. If you see someone coming up behind you at a high rate of speed and you see the small gap between you and the car ahead of you in the other lane and find yourself thinking "there's no way they will try and squeeze through there"... you, my friend, are terribly mistaken.
2. Krystal's is a no-go. I have heard of Krystal's burgers so we had to try them. We didn't have to try them again though. They weren't yucky or gross or any such gutter measure of foody goodness but they were not of any measurement that would entice me to drive thru the window again.
3. In Alabama & Mississippi you, apparently, have to provide proof of a Waffle House before you get an exit for your town. (Not altogether bad since we really enjoyed our several Waffle House experiences.)
4. The Atlanta highway system was, apparently, designed by the same drunk man who designed New Orleans. Don't be surprised if a beautifully striped and well paved access road actually ENDS in a waffle house parking lot.
5. Traveling from Louisiana, to Mississippi, To Alabama and then to Georgia to go to a concert is, generally, a poorly thought out idea. It was worth it. The service was great and we had a great time going there and coming back but we racked up over 1000 miles and stayed in hotels for 3 nights and we still are not sure exactly how much we spent... the numbers may not be crunched for several years and I may have to hire an accountant.
6. If one is ever traveling from Georgia back towards Louisiana and you find yourself in a town in Alabama with plenty of hotels and, after checking a few of them, you find that some are booked up (noticing also buses from various Baptist Churches parked everywhere) please do not let your mouth utter the words "Oh well... we'll just go a few more exits and find another one". There are no other ones. Next hotel... Meridian MS.
7. If ever in Europe and you see a beverage named Beverly... stay far away... far, far away. BLECH!!!!!
8. The World of Coca Cola costs $15 per person and there is nothing in there actually worth $15 per person to see. But... there is no other place that I know of that you can taste 70 different coke products from several different continents so go anyway because it is very cool and it will make you glad that you don't live in other countries. The Bulgarian Nestea was pretty good. In some countries they apparently make their fruit drinks from the rind and not from the fruit. BLECH!!!! God Bless the USA.
9. The Georgia Aquarium is nearly $100 for a family of 4 and we just assumed that it was not worth that amount of money and did not go. Unless they actually created an animal from dust in front of your eyes I think we made a good choice.
10. Just because the World of Coca Cola websites SAYS that it is located at 55 MLK Jr Drive doesn't necessarily mean that they are located at that location. It might actually mean that they used to be there and have moved to an entirely new location in May and just have not updated their website yet. But an error like this can be cause of an extensive and often repetitious tour of downtown Atlanta... if you're into that type of thing... by the way... I'm not into that type of thing.
11. If you fail to realize that you have crossed into another time zone until moments before a concert and need new batteries for your camera (as your others are dead) don't stop at a convenience store on a Friday evening because Gorge and Enrique may be trying to buy enough beer to get several amigos drunk and they may find, once they have gotten to the counter that no one has an ID. This may cause you to have to abandon the thought of buying batteries as you don't have an hour to watch them running around asking each other "Tu Tienes ID?". This type of an error may cause you to not be able to take any pictures or videos at the concert except for what you can take with your Cell phone. (That's what it did for me)
12. Christian "Concerts" are not concerts these days. They really do intend to have church and to worship. Don't find yourself sitting with a bunch of apostolic Pentecostals while at one of these concerts. Get yourself in the middle of a bunch of "charismatics" if you want to have some church. The Ap's might just laugh, giggle and even wrestle in the aisles while others are worshiping and your attempt to participate in worship may hinder their activities. Please be kind and sit elsewhere.
This will have to do for now. Really we did have a great time and we enjoyed the trip but there were MANY life lessons along the way and I thought I would share a few with you.
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All except the Aquarium. I think that is well worth the money to go.
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