Atlanta
Posted: December 1st, 2009 by Scott
On Black Friday we decided to head out to the mall at 5am to get the best bargains… Just Kidding, we slept in, it was nice. When we did get up we made it out to check out the Martin Luther King Museum and surrounding historic sites. We got to see the church where he and his father preached.
Martin Luther King's Church
And got to take a tour of his birthplace and house he grew up in.
Martin Luther King's House
The museum also had a nice exhibit about JFK and his brother Bobby who both also struggled for civil rights and met untimely deaths.
Next we decided to lighten things up and check out the Coca-Cola Museum.
Grab a Coke!
Where among other things you can sample many of the company’s soft drinks from around the world.
Whoa, thats a lot of weird drinks
In total I think there were about 60 to try, and yup, we did just that.
Orange Fizzy Drink?
After trying drinks from around the world that ranged from “interesting” to “who would drink that?”, we were happy to finish it off with a sample of the real thing.
Good Ol' Coca-Cola with our hostel-mate Marcel
We got to hang out with one of the other guys who was staying in our hostel, Marcel. He is from the Netherlands and was in Atlanta running in the marathon on Thanksgiving day. This was his 51st marathon, that’s pretty impressive. He was showing off his new “bling” when we were out, which got him a few good conversations with other runners and others on the street.
Nice shades, and Bling!
After 60 shots of soda, we were pretty sick of it and so we grabbed our free bottle of Coke (just what we wanted at that point) and went to get some food to settle our stomachs.
Don't forget your free coke!
That night we joined up with a few others from the hostel and went out to dinner at an interesting place called the Vortex. It was an eclectically decorated bar/restaurant which served a pretty good burger. We had a good time hanging out with our fellow travelers and swapping stories, we are looking forward to many more nights like this.
From L to R: New Zealand, Netherlands, 'Merica, Spain (3), 'Merica