Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston....the REST of the trip

I am sure most have ready already Julianne's entries for the rest of our trip, so I will just write about my thoughts on the rest of the trip. I was slowed down by the unbearable heat and humidity of the South, especially since I couldn't sleep much in the weather, so I gave up trying to catch up on my blog entries.
The meal at Gladys Knight and Ron Winan's Chicken and Waffle restaurant was a meal to remember, ranking up there with the meal at the Rattlesnake (which was made by Julianne's cousin's girlfriend, who is the head chef at the restaurant).I am now tempted to drag myself and my mother to the one in PG county, MD to see if they measure up to the Atlanta one. I really enjoyed the CNN tour, but was disappointed to remember that Anderson Cooper is based in New York City (I know he's gay, but he is nice to look at, ha ha). It was still cool to see the studio and to see a live broadcast on TV while looking at the real thing on the tour. I now want to see if the DC studio offers tours. I wanted to go to Coca-Cola world, but we didn't have much time, so I will have to return to Atlanta to see that, among other things, such as the Martin Luther King Jr. historical site.
I loved Savannah, as I always do, especially since its such an old city. I appreciate anything that is old in the U.S., because this is such an new country, comparatively. It was interesting going from Prague, which has architecture going back to the 900's to Los Angeles, where nothing is much older than a couple decades. Savannah's houses have mostly been restored beautifully, and I could probably spend hours driving or walking around looking at them. It was fun to have listened to the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil audiobook before, during, and after being in Savannah. I now have to see the movie!
I was disappointed that we were not able to park anywhere in Charleston to at least look around the city, but at least we saw a bit of it while driving through. I enjoyed also seeing the Boone Hall Plantation, but the pouring rain really sullied my enjoyment of Charleston, and having to deal with wet clothes and a wet tent.
All three places are cities that I would like to go back to, even though I have already been to two of them.
I am glad to be home, at least for a few days, to recuperate so I can move on to my job as a counselor this upcoming week. I am sure once I slow down, I will be able to really appreciate all of these experiences I have had.