Today was the last full day of our road trip, and we were feeling sad. But that didn’t last too long because Emily’s cousin Amy, who works at Zoo Atlanta, had free passes for us to see the zoo. We met her around 10 am and began exploring. Amy is an animal caretaker (not sure the official name) and she also does presentations throughout the day. We watched a couple of her presentations, which were quite well done, and learned something about some animals that I had never seen before.
After having our fill of animals, Amy gave us a great recommendation for a place to have lunch, Ted’s Montana Grill. Amy said that is where she takes most of her visitors, so we thought it would be a fun place to check out. The Ted’s that we chose was in downtown Atlanta and appeared busy as we drove by, but we were determined. After entering and waiting for only about five minutes, they seated us and we had a fantastic meal (Emily’s review).
After enjoying our meal, we explored downtown Atlanta for about an hour and headed back to the hotel. Emily said she just wanted to lay down for about an hour and then we would go out and explore some more. Well four hours later Emily arose, well rested, but needing to get ready for dinner which was about two hours away. I can hardly blame her for napping, seeing as we had been on the go for the last three days.
The dinner plan was to go to Dante’s Down the Hatch. Dante’s is a fondue restaurant located in the Buckhead section of Atlanta. We were meeting Amy, Robin and their significant others, whom we had not yet met. For those of you who don’t know, Amy and Robin are cousins of Emily that live in the Atlanta area. We met them and had a fantastic dinner. The restaurant was very scenic and the food was good as well.
After dinner and dessert we said our goodbyes and headed back to the hotel to call it a night. Atlanta was a very cool city that I would love to have more time to enjoy! Tomorrow is the drive back to Orlando.