Atlanta

Last weekend, Cody had to take another part of his board exams in Atlanta. We left on Thursday morning, dropped off Hershey with my mom and dad (who graciously met up in Greensboro), and finally got in Atlanta around 5 p.m. After checking in at our hotel, which by the way, was a little too close to the airport and the train tracks, we meandered our way through Atlanta to find The Cheesecake Factory. Cody had eaten at a Cheesecake Factory before and raved about it, so I wanted to try it and see what all the fuss was about. I had a parmesan chicken and pasta dish and Cody had some sort of mexican taco dish. Very yummy!





Since we were at the Cheesecake Factory, we even had a piece of cheesecake; I normally don't like cheesecake at all, but this one was delicious! We tried the Godiva chocolate cheesecake...



Most of the day on Friday was pretty much taken up by Cody's test. He had to take the clinical skills exam, where he saw 12 "fake" patients and had to do an exam and write a note on each of them. I just stayed in the hotel room all day since we only had one car; however, I don't think I would have been adventurous enough anyway to drive in Atlanta traffic. It was actually pretty nice to just relax, watch some tv, and lounge around for a while--that doesn't seem to happen too often anymore. When Cody was back from his test, we went out for dinner at a chinese restaurant called Mu Lan. We heard about this restaurant from www.restaurant.com; we got a $25 gift certificate for $1! This restaurant was amazing! The atmosphere was cozy, but the food had the presentation and taste of gourmet food! We both had wonton soup, Cody had an eggroll and sesame chicken, and I had mango sweet and sour chicken. This was our favorite food for the entire trip.









Saturday was our big day! We had a jam packed day, but we had such a great time. Our first stop was at the World of Coca-Cola. It was kind of like a little museum about Coke, where you could look at historical artifacts, watch a couple of videos (one in 4-D), get your picture made with the Coke polar bear, walk through the factory area to see how Coke is made, and (Cody's favorite part) try about 65+ Coke products from around the world. For lunch, we stopped at the famous Varsity restaurant for burgers, fries and onion rings. Then we were on our way to see a Braves game. Unfortunately, this game didn't really carry much weight since they were already out of the playoffs. The game was pretty slow until the 8th inning. They were tied with the Washington Nationals. Both teams scored 2 more runs in the 9th inning, so we went extra innings. In the top of the 10th, the Nationals hit a 2 run home run, but Atlanta just couldn't come back....it was still a fun experience, even if they didn't win. (Cody was like a little kid. He was so excited about being at a Braves game!)

Unfortunately, we won't hear anything back about Cody's test until sometime in December....but I'm sure he blew them all away with his amazing knowledge and skills!