2016/Mar/12 - Atlanta!!

It was a beautiful Saturday here in central Georgia.  So beautiful, in fact, it seemed a shame to waste it laying about the house.  So we all ate a quick breakfast, jumped in the car, and zoomed off to Atlanta, to visit one of our favorite places, the Atlanta Botanical Garden!

(Note: if you want to see even more pics of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, head on over to http://planetarypics.blogspot.com/2016/03/atlanta-botanical-garden-mar2016-part-1.html .)

Outside the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Hi Dodong

The tulips were at their peak .... simply wonderful!

Sweetie and Kuya in front of Magnificent Tulips

In front of more Magnificent Tulips

Have there always been garden trains here?  If so, we've never seen them before.

Kuya by a Train

Look!  It's a Train!

Kuya being cool

Dodong being pensive

Don't worry, Kuya.  That frog won't bite you!

The orchids were also spectacular!

Sweetie and Kuya by some Orchids

Wandering through the Conservatory

Under the roots

More Tulips!

Tulips! Tulips! Tulips!

Aaahhh!!

After wandering around the gardens for a few hours, we headed over to Panita Thai Kitchen just off N. Highland Ave.  It's got really good ratings, but we were kinda disappointed.  Maybe we just caught it on a bad day?

It is most definitely an eclectic place, with plants all around the entrance, and cool serving bowls.

Kuya, Sweetie, and Dodong at the entrance to Panita 

Waiting for our food

No trip to Atlanta is complete without a trip to the spectacular Buford Highway Farmers Market in Doraville, so we headed up there after lunch.   Shopping there is so much fun that it's easy to overspend, so you have to try to exercise some discipline and restrain yourself.   (Ha!)

Shopping at the wonderful Buford Highway Farmers Market

After all that adventure we were worn out, and began the long journey home, fighting crazy Atlanta traffic for a good bit of the way.

Peace!