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From a Really Sober Guy :D

Atlanta

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Last week I was on vacation in Atlanta, Georgia to visit one of my cousins who had moved there. We had lost touch for years but thanks to both our moms, we were able to get back in touch. It was great to see my cousin, Linda (not her real name) again and spend some time with her.

The weather was mostly rainy last week. It rained almost everyday that I was in Atlanta, but we did have some sunny days. When it wasn't raining the weather was very nice. We did go to some of the malls while we were there. The Atlanta metro area does have quite a bit of empty shopping centers. A sign of the economic times I'm sure. Despite that, there are still a majority of open stores for you to window shop at.

On Saturday, we went to the Georgia Aquarium. It is billed as the largest indoor aquarium in the world. Saturday morning was a beautiful morning as we drove to the aquarium. Coca-Cola was started in Atlanta so that museum is there too, as you will see in some of the pictures. We didn't go to that museum but maybe I will go next time I'm in Atlanta. The Georgia Aquarium has over 8 million gallons of water indoors. It's really nice inside. When you walk in, you see fish swimming on both walls heading to the main atruim. The atrium has the entrance to all the different exhibits in the aquarium which are divided into diferent areas. The Ocean Voyager exhibit is probably one of, if not the, best ones in the aquarium. This is a huge tank that includes whale sharks, manta rays, sand tiger sharks, groupers and many other fish. You walk under the tank into a tunnel where you get great views of the fish swimming by. Some of the fish swim slowly by checking you out at the same time you are checking them out too. You turn around the corner and eventually run into the theatre in which the "screen" is a huge window into that tank. Aquarium staff host shows where they talk about some of the fish in the huge tank and how some were aquired. There were some other areas with beluga whales, alligators and river otters in them. People kept crowding around the otter that would come up to the class while it was playing with a toy cup, so I couldn't get any good pictures of it splashing around. When you look at the pictures, you can see some of the many different species of aquatic life that is contained in that aquarium.

On Sunday, we went to the Atlantic Civic Center for the King Tutankhamum exhibit. This month is the last month for it in Atlanta, so I was glad to go see it. There were thousands of artifacts from all over ancient Egypt. I was amazed to see some that were made of wood that was at least 3,000 years old! Quite a few of the objects still had traces of paint on them, while some still had most of the paint on them. One of the objects from King Tut's tomb was his wooden bed that was painted white with reed matting that was still intact after over 3,000 years! I would love to visit the ancient sites in Egypt one day! Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures inside, but it was still enjoyable, none the less.

Despite the rain, I still had a good time with my cousin and will go back to Atlanta to visit her again another time. Check out the pictures in my new Atlanta album, too.


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Comments

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:19:01 AM

Im glad that you've been on vacations. smile And thanks for the historical info.

MarcusFXM256 Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:26:41 AM

Hi Kersty, thanks, I have been wanting to take more vacations for quite some time. Thanks for reading and your postcard is on its way to you. smile

Dacotah Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:21:17 AM

smile

Loiscakkleberrylane Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:06:39 PM

Great trip! And wonderful photos!

kalynka Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:42:16 PM

Good you're not that lazy and posted about your vacations right away lol Wonderful post, heading straight to the album up!

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Friday, May 15, 2009 5:14:44 AM

POSTCARD!?!?!??! YAY! happy Thanks in advance!!!!! headbang

MarcusFXM256 Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:53:22 AM

Hi Carol, smile

Hi Lois, thank you. smile Hopefully I will be able to continue to take better photos as time progresses.

Hi Alla, lol you're a funny girl! Thanks for enjoying and for making me laugh. bigsmile

Hi Kerstin, thank you very much for that wonderful postcard that you sent me before!! up

Dacotah Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:49:35 AM

Hi Marcus. smile

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:40:31 AM

smile

kalynka Sunday, May 17, 2009 7:26:47 AM

Yes, cause i still can't fins the time to tell about my trip wink

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:20:10 AM

Awww...You should write about your trip, before I write about it sis.

kalynka Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:44:04 AM

I know but...with all this boyfriends... lol

I'll try to do it today in the evening, maybe happy

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:18:23 PM

Boyfriends? rolleyes confused What have you heard? confused

kalynka Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:28:50 PM

right Nothing zip

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:29:46 PM

COME ON!!! irked You'd better tell me.

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:30:47 PM

zip I think I know...

kalynka Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:32:44 PM

Noooo, I was talking about A[ndr]&A[ndr] lol Hernan told me a lot of things, btw lol

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:36:31 PM

Damn it...you read it. I tried to be fast. But you are definitely faster.
I realized what you were talking about..but but... awww o

So, would you mind telling what he has told you? doh

kalynka Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:47:29 PM

Hahaha wink

All kind of flirty stuff, classy one lol

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:04:16 PM

EXPLAIN... pssst I mean...elaborate please.

Sarah angel292005 Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:03:40 PM

That sounds like it was a great time. Hope you got to relax.

MarcusFXM256 Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:51:29 PM

Hi Kerstin & Alla smile

Hi Sarah, yes it was a great time and I'm happy I got to relax for a week. smile

Sarah angel292005 Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:08:53 PM

smile

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