More from Atlanta, Georgia

Hi Kids.

All cities have big museums, and I got to visit two of them on this trip. The first one is a natural science museum called the Fernbank. You can go there to learn a lot about dinosaurs, other animals, and outer space. Dr. Kristie took this picture outside when we had just arrived.

 



Those dinosaurs were HUGE! If they were alive, it would be frightening! I'm kind of glad that they are extinct, and we can just see their statues and their skeletons.

Another museum in Atlanta is the Coca-Cola Museum. Did you know that the man who invented the recipe for Coke lived in Atlanta? He got very rich selling it because everyone seems to like it a lot. His name was Dr. John Pemberton. Here is his statue. I climbed onto the table for my picture.



Inside the museum, they show you a lot about how Coke is made and bottled. The best part is the tasting room. They let you drink as much soda as you want! They have many kinds that are sold in countries all around the world. I think the Italian kind is the worst - it tastes like mouthwash! My favorite was Gingerbread Coke. It is amazing - it tastes exactly like gingerbread and exactly like Coke at the same time!

Another day we went to the Georgia Aquarium. It has so many kinds of fish, eels, turtles, dolphins, and even whales! It has pretty much anything that lives in water. Before we went in, I posed for a photo with this dolphin statue.

 



Inside, we watched the fish swimming. This is the biggest tank. It is three stories tall! The big fish is called a whale shark. The name is confusing - it IS a shark, but it is NOT a whale. In fact, it is the largest kind of fish in the world.

 

 



The next picture is kind of tricky. It looks like a lot of underwater plants and rocks. Actually, it is a lot of underwater plants and animals! There are some types of seaweed (plants), but the things that look like gray rocks and the light green rock in front are really animals called coral. Taken together, these plants and coral form an underwater habitat called a coral reef. 

 

 

Here is one last picture from Atlanta - it shows a beautiful fountain in Piedmont Park. The blue sculpture in it is made of glass.

 

 

I know that Rock Hill has built a new Fountain Park too. I hope that you'll all get a chance to go there - especially in the summer when you can play in the water.

This is the last day of my stay in Georgia. Tomorrow I'll come back to Rock Hill, and I'll be at school when you get back from Spring Break. I hope that you all had a happy Easter.

Your friend,
Flat Stanley

 

 

 

 

Salutations from Atlanta, Georgia!

Hi First Graders,
I learned that fancy way to say hello when your teacher read Charlotte's Web. I like to learn big words and use big words. Do you like that too?

Georgia is the state right next to ours - it is not very far away at all. I am finding out that many things here are just the same as in South Carolina. Mia asked about the plants here. I went outside in the backyard, and found some that you can see right now in Rock Hill.

 

These are called daffodils, and they are nice because you only have to plant them once, and they come up every spring. Some other flowers have to be planted each year.

 

Here are more flowers in the yard. They smell very sweet. Their name is grape hyacinth. I'll bet you can guess why they are called that.

 

 

 

The weather here is a lot like the weather in Rock Hill. It rains a lot in spring! We went to for a walk in Piedmont Park on a rainy day, and I saw some animals that don't mind getting wet at all!

 

 

The ducks and turtles live in a pond, so raindrops don't bother them a bit! How many turtles can you count in the picture? How many ducks? Which is more? How many more?

 

 

 

 

I don't want to get wet, though. Dr. Kristie shared her umbrella, and kept me nice and dry. These birds are Canadian Geese. They swim in the pond too. Behind the park you can see the skyscrapers downtown.

 

Atlanta is a large city - bigger than Charlotte, so there are lots of big city things to do that are very different from Rock Hill. We took a ride on the subway. In Atlanta it is called MARTA. It goes a lot faster than a car, because it doesn't have to stop for red lights, and there are never any traffic jams.

 

 

 Xaria asked if I met any famous people. No, I haven't, but I did see a famous place. This is the house where Dr. Martin Luther King was born and grew up. It is on Auburn Avenue. We took the picture from the car window as we were driving past. You might have seen it in a book about Dr. King.

  

 

 

That is all I have for now. I will try to write one more time before I come home.

 

Your friend,

Flat Stanley