World of Coca Cola

Sunday, January 24, 2010

John Pemberton (the creator of coke)

The World of Coca-Cola is the only place where you can explore the complete story—past, present, and future—of the world's best-known brand!

• Taste over 60 different products from around the globe

• Experience our thrilling 4-D Theater (3D movie with moving seats)

• Be amazed by a fully-functioning bottling line and take home a FREE 8-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola®

• Give our 7-foot-tall Coca-Cola® Polar Bear a big hug

• See the world's largest collection of Coke memorabilia

• View works by artists such as Steve Penley, Haddon Sundblom and Howard Finster in our Pop Culture Gallery

• And so much more

We did all these. You may purchase World of Coca-Cola tickets in advance online or at walk-up ticket windows (based on availability).

Entrance fee:

Adults = $15.00
Senior = $ 13.00
Kids = $10.00
Toddlers = free (with an adult)

Stone Mountain Park

Saturday, January 23, 2010

I'm on top of the Stone Mountain. It is the largest exposed piece of granite in the world. How do you go up the Stone Mountain? You can take a tram ride and you can trek. Trekking takes about half an hour to an hour, depends on your pace.

Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet (513 m) amsl and 825 feet (251.5 m) above the surrounding area. (source: wikipedia)

View of Atlanta

Friday, January 22, 2010

View of Downtown Atlanta from Omni Hotel. (Have to borrow the image from my other blog)

CNN Center

Thursday, January 21, 2010

CNN Food Court, a view from our hotel room at Omni.

Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, The CNN Center is the global headquarters of CNN Worldwide.

Atlanta, Georgia

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The first ever city I have gone to in America: Atlanta, in Georgia. I had a great first impression of America because of it. Atlanta is so spread out. Beautifully spread out. That means it's not crowded. The only thing is... you have to drive 30-45 minutes to get to one mall from the other. We stayed with a friend in Alpharetta on our first week in Atlanta. I say, we had such a great host. She was an awesome cook. She made us shrimp scampi, huge lobsters, roast prime ribs, stuffed shell with tomato sauce, and baked french toast with blueberries topped with maple syrup. We were greatly fed. One of the nights, she took us our for a German food.

Alpharetta is kind of on the high-end side. I enjoyed looking at the huge houses. They were really beautiful. Oh well, Deb, our host's house was huge and beautiful too.

Atlanta, compared to other cities, have a mild weather. It doesn't snow often. It does, once in a while. I was hoping that when we were there, it would somehow snow. But the best I saw was the streaks of snow on the roofs and some ice on our porch. I was a bit disappointed to know that it only snowed after we left.

I really had a great time in Alpharetta, Atlanta. The weather came down to -3 when we were there so I had to wear layers. They had a great weather because while it was cold, the sun was up.