Vacation: Day 2

Today was another amazing day. We went into downtown Atlanta and did some tourist things. First on our stops was The World of Coca-Cola. It gave us insight on how Coke is marketed and viewed all over the world. First, on the tour was a look at some of Coke's world-wide marketing campaigns from years past. Featured was a syrup bowl from 1857. Next we went into a "movie theater" and saw a 6-minute commercial featuring some of Coke's new characters. As we were exiting the theater, we saw a 7-foot polar bear (which was very awesome to see). We both got our pictures with the polar bear (See below). His facial expressions not only amused the kids there, but Adam was in awe too.

We saw a 4-D movie called "In Search of the Secret Formula." It was a 3-D movie where the seats moved with the movie, we were hit with blasts of air and sprayed with water too.
After we tasted several different types of Coca-Cola from all over the world, we crossed the street to the Centennial Olympic Park. Throughout the park were statues and monuments dedicated to the athletes who competed in the 100th Summer Olympic Games in 1996. At the center of the park the city placed in the cement the 6 Olympic rings, and then they had jets of water coming out of the ground. There were so many children, and even adults, playing in the jets. Looked like fun, but we didn't go through the water.
We then took a drive over to Turner Field, which was also were they hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games. We walked through the outside of the stadium, looking at the statues of Warren Span, Hank Aaron and Phil Niekro. We even stood in the place where "Hammerin' Hank" hit his 715th home run. It was hit in the former home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, that was right across the street from Turner Field. They commemorated the the former home with bricks placed where the actual baseball field was. And they still have the fence, and the wall where "Hammerin' Hank" hit that historic home run.