The World of Coke and Centennial Olympic Park

Day three in Atlanta and it was time for me to learn more about my favorite beverage! We were off to the World of Coke. First stop was the lobby where there were coke bottles created by artists to represent different countries. Next stop was a Coca-cola decorated waiting room. Having a stroller gets you in first so I liked that. Here we learned about the advertisements and the oldest Coca-cola tschosky which was a bowl/urn thing. We also learned why coke was sold in six packs. It was the typical size of a family back then. One for mom, dad, the two-three kids, and the mother-in-law. You've got to keep her happy they said. After that demo we were ushered into a theater where we saw an expanded superbowl commercial. Leah enjoyed it because it was a cartoon. Out of the theater and into the main part of the museum. Our first stop was with the Coke Polar Bear. Leah only liked him from a distance. In fact she loved him from a distance! Then we learned how coke is bottled and saw the plant in action. There was a whole gallery of coke inspired art. We also saw a 4-D movie. The chair moves! It was about a professor trying to find the recipe for coke. At some point we got wet and a bee was flying around and stung us in the back. It really hurt! Leah liked the movie for the most part but she had to sit on Julie's lap. The last stop was the tasting room. The ambassadors (museum docents) told us to try Beverly. It was like tonic water and bubblegum, definitely not my favorite. There were many fruit flavors! Leah liked most of them too. The final room is just classic coke which was good to wash out some of the yucky flavors. As we left we got our free coke bottles and hit the gift shop. Leah has an extreme fascination with lip gloss so guess what I bought her...coke flavored chapstick.
Next stop was Centennial Park. It was blazing hot and we had such a short walk but we were drenched with sweat by the time we got there. Leah was dressed and ready to play in the Olympic rings along with a bazillion other kids. It was so hot the news was out and the thermometer they had was reading 120! Leah made it on the noon news in the background.
We walked back through the sweltering heat and went home for lunch and nap time. After nap we went to the mall. It was a nice one! I bought a shirt from Anthropologie. That was Day 3 in Atlanta!