After the aquarium we crossed the street to the Cenntenial Olympic Park built for the 1996 Olympics and wandered downtown. We sought out the elevator which took us to 'Underground Atlanta'... a series of shops and restaurants underneath some of the main streets of downtown. It was fun to walk along the cobblestone streets and read about the history of these roads, but soon Mike and I were singing Sesame Street's hit song, "One of these things is not like the other..." We stood out in more ways than one... and soon realized maybe we didn't want our $3000 worth of Nikon camera bling hanging from our necks. One guy had set up a little corner photo studio where you could get your picture taken with parrots. When he saw Mike and I his eyes got big and he said, "DANG, I want you'lls camera!" ... Later we were helped out by a homeless tour guide and found ourselves in not the best areas of town where groups of interesting people loitered around signs that said NO LOITERING. It was fun though, and we sure got the flavor of real downtown Atlanta.
It was a fun few days. Thanks for coming Mike and Brian! We miss you already.
2 comments:
What a great story! It makes me think of my first day riding the metro in DC while interviewing for jobs. Now of course six months later I didn't notice anything...but that first day...whoa! Well, let's just say that from BYU to DC there is a bit of a difference.
that actually reminds me of new youk! i thought dc subways were rather safe and clean. it's a good thing you were with a group.
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