Weather 16c ...Disappointingly close to London at 3c
Sometimes you just ask the wrong question at the wrong time, and invariably you get an irritated and wrong answer back, or worse still, no answer at all.
I asked the stressed out guy running the breakfast buffet if he had any tea this morning. The look he gave me could have felled an elephant. He ignored me, and went back to picking up the multicoloured Cherrios they have over here that had been scattered like cereal confetti over the entire breakfast area, tables, and most of the patrons. I reluctantly settled for coffee and decided to come back later and start the whole breakfast thing anew. It's not the first time I've thought of myself before others, and I suspect, not the last.
So Atlanta has been both a smashing place to visit and also a minor disappointment. Gone are the colonial buildings of yore that I so wanted to see (but then I remembered that they were all burned in the Civil War 150 years ago, so a degree of forgiveness is probably due). In their place is a modern metropolis, the kind that I had hoped to largely avoid, but with The World of Coca-Cola slap bang in the middle of it to compensate. Plus I got the added bonus of spending my time in Atlanta with American family, all of whom were incredibly lovely, even Mia, who did her best to hide from the big nasty man with the funny accent for the entire time we were together.
World of Coca-Cola, for anyone wishing to follow in my footsteps, is ok actually. I can't claim to be a Coke fanatic, but if you are, then the home of tooth rot will definitely be for you. You get to see the vault where the secret recipe is quite obviously not actually stored, and you get to drink all the fizzy drink you want from the global Coca-Cola family. If that all sounds like your thing, you're going to get very hyper very quickly and I'm sure have a super time.
.....Next up, Montgomery Alabama and Thanksgiving.
Frankly my dear, historic Atlanta appeared to have gone up in smoke some considerable while ago.
Sometimes you just ask the wrong question at the wrong time, and invariably you get an irritated and wrong answer back, or worse still, no answer at all.
I asked the stressed out guy running the breakfast buffet if he had any tea this morning. The look he gave me could have felled an elephant. He ignored me, and went back to picking up the multicoloured Cherrios they have over here that had been scattered like cereal confetti over the entire breakfast area, tables, and most of the patrons. I reluctantly settled for coffee and decided to come back later and start the whole breakfast thing anew. It's not the first time I've thought of myself before others, and I suspect, not the last.
So Atlanta has been both a smashing place to visit and also a minor disappointment. Gone are the colonial buildings of yore that I so wanted to see (but then I remembered that they were all burned in the Civil War 150 years ago, so a degree of forgiveness is probably due). In their place is a modern metropolis, the kind that I had hoped to largely avoid, but with The World of Coca-Cola slap bang in the middle of it to compensate. Plus I got the added bonus of spending my time in Atlanta with American family, all of whom were incredibly lovely, even Mia, who did her best to hide from the big nasty man with the funny accent for the entire time we were together.
World of Coca-Cola, for anyone wishing to follow in my footsteps, is ok actually. I can't claim to be a Coke fanatic, but if you are, then the home of tooth rot will definitely be for you. You get to see the vault where the secret recipe is quite obviously not actually stored, and you get to drink all the fizzy drink you want from the global Coca-Cola family. If that all sounds like your thing, you're going to get very hyper very quickly and I'm sure have a super time.
.....Next up, Montgomery Alabama and Thanksgiving.
Frankly my dear, historic Atlanta appeared to have gone up in smoke some considerable while ago.
I have literally no commentary for this pic. If you can't figure it out for yourselves, go back to looking at cute cat pics on Facebook right now.
I enjoyed the apple pie cola very much indeed, but water melon Smarty Sprite from China left me cold, and with an aftertaste that persisted for the remainder of the afternoon.
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