ATLANTA. HOTlanta, Georgia

As my friend Niel would always say, "hotlanta" instead of Atlanta, Ga.

(blurrrry Atlanta sign! We arrived!)

This was our last city trek in our road trip and I was beyond excited to arrive. We got there at night just in time to see Atlanta in all of its lit up glory from all of the city's buildings. We first went to the World Famous and renowned Georgia Aquarium. Best known for harboring WHALE SHARKS!! The shark is one of my favorite animals, so I was pretty excited. However, the whale shark isn't really a "shark".

(the WHALE shark! One of two @ the GA Aquarium)

(awesome poisonous jellies) 

Anyway, we were both so excited to get there. We arrived about an hour and half before the Aquarium closed so we had to be a little hasty. We still had time though just to watch all the aquatic life do their thing. The Georgia Aquarium was amazingggg EXCEPT when we went the beluga whales were gone and so were the precious penguins. So that was a bummer but we loved watching the sharks and jellies. It was a great time. We stayed for a night at the Hyatt Regency, which was a really nice hotel smack in the middle of Downtown Hotlanta and a short drive away from the GA Aquarium.

The next day we went to the Zoo Atlanta (using your student ID you get a discount). We genuinely enjoyed this zoo it was great. From gators, to rhinos to HUGE elephants and eerily looking-like-human gorillas and of course PANDAS!-what's not to love there?

Entrance of Zoo Atlanta

(sneaky pic of the Giant Panda!)

Atlanta was so much fun. We did a lot in the time alloted, we would definitely go back (especially for Six Flags :) ) 

MUST DOs: we weren't there for long but of course the Georgia Aquarium is a MUST and the Zoo Atlanta. Civil War museum (right next to the zoo). And the Centennial Olympic Park (next to the GA Aquarium). Coca Cola Factory. The underground Mall. Six Flags.