Cola and Whales

And so, continuing on in our tour of the United States, we now go to Atlanta, Georgia.

This is where I explain all about Atlanta, its economy and the arts, but that's not as interesting as Miami was, so I'll spare both you and I the details and get to the 2 museums I went to: The World of Coca Cola and The Atlanta Aquarium. But just so you know, Atlanta is in Georgia. In case you didn't already.

So, what is the real secret behind the great taste of Coca Cola? Said no one ever really...

With a complementary bottle of Coke when you first enter, the World of Coca Cola is a museum with interactive walks through 125 years of the history behind the Coca Cola company. And billions of children between the ages of 6 - 12 on a daytime school trip. I drank a lot of Coke during my visit, but that was definitely not the reason behind my headache. There's more than 1000 original artifacts and also the secret vault where they keep the secret formula of Coca Cola. I was kept entertained for some time and it was hard not to notice that all the children were too. They didn't let us into the vault though, I guess the secret will always be safe. I wondered who's hand would open it...

And I will subject you to a list of all the variations of Coca Cola drink products:

• Coca‑Cola

• Diet Coke

• Coke Zero

• Coca‑Cola Life

• Cherry Coke

• Caffeine-free Diet Coke

• Vanilla Coke

• Cherry Coke Zero

But honestly, who knew there were this many?

There was also a room with about 150 different flavors of the Coca Cola Company, arranged geographically all over the world that you could spend forever tasting. I couldn't taste them all, but was impressed all the same. This is not where all the flavors were, this is just my friend Donny. He's the strong silent type.

And next was the Atlanta Aquarium. Normally I think Aquariums are for old people, but this one was the largest in the western hemisphere.

I saw a California Sea Lion show, definitely recommended. It was also interesting to hear the stories of these Sea Lions. I'm no environmentalist, but I still felt some sympathy for these animals. One of them was found with fish hooks in it's flippers and gun shot wounds to the head. Just when I thought I had problems.

And I think the most magical was the beluga whale. "It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus." Said Wikipedia, so I sound sophisticated. Sorry for the copy and paste Wiki.

Well, another busy month, come and gone. Not so full of limos and helicopters, yet still educational and thought provoking all the same. Here's to more adventures, and possibly better weather coming up soon.

Bailey Sue