Zoo Atlanta was wonderful! It was very easy to get around and they had a great number of exhibits. The gorilla exhibit was exceptionally interesting as they had a very close section of viewing right next to where a group of gorillas were sitting. Young ones were tussling, and one even got super brave and harassed the adult male in the group. This, of course, led to a swift rebuke by the adult male and ended up with a body slam. The young one then was quickly coddled by the female in the group. Very enthralling, indeed!

The kids also enjoyed a rock wall set up in the park. The weather was grand so we thoroughly enjoyed our time there.

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The Fernbank Museum of Natural History was an unexpected joy. While I knew it would be interesting, I did not think the girls would enjoy the static exhibits as much as they did. The “Walk Through Time in Georgia Exhibit” was fun, and the kids really liked it (except for when we passed through the swamp and Kaya saw the stuffed alligator).

Everyone enjoyed the “Sensing Nature” room. There were tons of  great interactive games that we all enjoyed!

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The Roberts Family got to experience two very unique things today. We went on the CNN World Headquarters tour today. We saw a few of the behind the scenes scenarios to todays live broadcast. As well, we explored a couple of the Turner Broadcasting network shops offering their cablewares.

Bella got her picture taken at a CNN Broadcasting desk. And since we do not have a scanner with us, I will have to upload the pic of her later.

What I do not have pictures of are the exhibits of the High Museum of Art’s “The First Emperor” exhibit. Several of the terra cotta soldiers were on display, as well as many other artifacts from the same period.  The girls were, of course, bored to death with the exhibit, but it was nonetheless enthralling to a history buff.

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Well, our plans to go to Six Flags on Sunday ended up drizzling out in rain all day. So instead we took the kids bowling right down the street from the hotel. They had a blast!

Monday we went downtown and got ourselves the City Pass. We went to the World of Coca-Cola Museum and the Georgia Aquarium.  CJ tried 64 different Coke beverages from around the world. Kaya claims to have tried fifty different kinds. Here are a few pics from the day (and I threw in a couple from the trip here).

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