DAY 3

After one long and invigorating night, and a delicious brunch (uncle Dave’s yummy pancakes and Syd’s home fried potatos), we said good bye to uncle Dave, aunt Lisa and Izzy and got back on the road after telling our best friend Paul (aka our GPS) our next destination: Lindsey’s place, Atlanta, GA.

It has been the longest distance so far, about 400 miles (650 km), which took us aprox. 7 hours. The hardest part of the deal is that Syd is driving all by herself since Mari clearly lacks practice and we are not willing to risk our lives in the learning process right now. So, Mari feels kinda guilty (which Syd thinks is absolutely absurd), and in order not to be so useless she tries to entertain and assist syd with about everything she needs, and she also makes up new assignments for her own like creating this blog and feeding it with new posts with our news and photos (and upcoming videos!), which of course count on the indispensible editing skills of Syd.

We also had a remarkable event today. So, putting a little context, Syd decided to make Mari have this full American experience with all its typical traditions and habits. Since we started the first day of journey, syd screams every time she sees this place called “Waffle House” (and it is everywhere in the south). She wanted to take Mari there no matter what, which we were finally able to do today. Mari was really curious about it because every time she asked why she was supposed to go there, syd would give vague answers .. “oh, it’s not that good”, “no… not great at all.. but you’ll see, you just have to go”. So, once there, syd orders this “sweet tea” and says “you HAVE to taste it”. And Mari asks: “Why, is it that good?”, “Actually, no, but you just have to…it's very much part of the southern american experience”. Mari tries it, it sucks, syd laughs. Mari is just about to give it a second chance when we are surprised by this cockroach passing just next to syd’s hair, a cockroach that brouth with it a 10% discount and a free dessert due to the waitress' extreme embrassment and guilt. So then we enjoy our meal, and though it was not bad, it was not that good either, but definitely a must-have American experience.

We got to Atlanta by the evening, with Syd was surprised that it is actually “a real city” (side note from Syd: the suprise wasn't from it being a "real city", but rather that it was so vertical with skyscrapers...she just wasn't expecting she had never heard of Atlanta being a tall city). It has a beautiful skyline, and we were warmly welcomed by the adorable Lindsey and her roommate Elizabeth. More on Atlanta tomorrow.