Luxuriated in my nice hotel room this morning - 78 channels! Not a lot on though, but I did enjoy catching up on ' Live with Regis and Kelly', an early morning chat show that I got addicted to last time I was here.
Went down to the Greyhound station to check out times to Athens for tomorrow - it looks kind of dodgy, but manageable! It only takes an hour or so to get to Athens, so it shouldn't be too bad. Then travelled up to Buckhead, a suburb in the north of Atlanta to visit the Atlanta History Center. Had to catch the train, then catch a bus, then walk about 15 minutes - and this is for the major museum in Atlanta - an example of how reliant Americans are on cars!!
The Atlanta History Center is huge - it's basically a huge park with a museum and two houses to tour. One of the houses, the Tullie Smith house is an example of a plantation house from the mid 19th century. It was very simple, with the kitchen in an adjoining outhouse. They have recreated how the farm would have looked, complete with cornhouse, blacksmith's shop and barns. The land that the farm was on would have been given to the owner following the removal of the Native American inhabitants. There was also another huge house on the grounds from the 1920s. The museum had exhibits on folk craft and the Civil War.
Went and had a wander round one of Atlanta's largest malls, Lenox Square. It's so huge it has a Bloomingdale's, a Macy's and a Nieman Marcus on the premises, as well as a huge array of shops. Decided not to do any shopping, as I'll save that for New York. Had a burger at a restaurant in the mall for dinner - it was a bleu cheese and bacon burger - yummo!
Was going to go and see Liz Phair play that night at a theatre in Buckhead, but in the end I was too worn out from walking round all day. Still haven't adjusted to the new time zone and am waking up at 6am!
No comments:
Post a Comment