Atlanta Girls’ Weekend - Day 2

Day 2!

We woke up earlyish and got ourselves organized. I actually worked out for a little bit because biscuits. Mercifully, it was warmer this morning. We went back to the highland bakery for breakfast and were pleased again. After breakfast, we got back on the MARTA and headed into town. We had tickets for the 11am VIP tour at The World of Coke. If you are ever visiting The World of Coke, spend the extra money on the VIP tour. There was so much to see and it was great to have a guided tour. 

After the nearly 2 hour tour, we went to the tasting room and tried a lot of drinks. I has heard about this magical tasting room when visiting DisneyWorld with Girl Scouts in 1998. There was a smaller version in Disney while we were visiting. Some were good, some where disgusting. I wish we had wine tasting cards so we could have kept track of what we liked (not that we would be able to find it). I went through 5 or 6 cups while Mom & Linz were able to keep reusing their original cup. I kept picking some potent drinks I didn't want mixing in. Apparently there is a gag in Atlanta about everyone loving Beverly, a soda from Italy. Always the scientist, I tried it. I don't remember what it tasted like at the beginning but it wasn’t bad, then....the cough syrup after taste kicked in and I reacted as one would expect. Lindsay and I also tried Tab.....GROSS. Why was that a thing for so long?  After ALL the sugar, we grabbed some food then visited the Civil Rights Museum. It was very moving. We bumped into a woman who works for the museum and she told us about how Andrew Young had lobbied to have a museum in the city wheee civil rights started and they decided to put it near Centennial Park instead of in Auburn where MLK grew up and lived. This location would attract more casual visitors that could stand to learn the most from visiting. 

We headed across Centennial Park after the museum and took a ride on the giant ferris wheel at Skyview Atlanta. We went around more times than i would have expected and it was HIGH.  Dinner was Bistro Niko in Buckhead and was amazing.  We returned to our hotel full once again.