Day 4 - Fish and Foreign Countries!

Another bright sunny day here in Atlanta. We are sure it got to over 80 degrees.

Today's pictures are here!

We slept in a little this morning, and then headed for the Georgia Aquarium. We were told that this is the largest aquarium in the world. It was pretty big - one of the "tanks" is as big as a football field. This aquarium was a gift to Georgia from one of the owners of Home Depot - given to them free of debt, etc. We saw penguins, and touched many sea creatures - including shrimp. Our favorite part was the huge aquarium that holds 4 whale sharks, several Manta Rays and lots of other fish. We thought it was cool that many of the smaller fish are "Nascar Fish", they "draft" the whale sharks so they don't have to swim. One of the people working there used to live in Choteau! We seem to find Montanans all over!

Next we headed over to the Sun Dial restaurant. 72 stories in the air, the restaurant rotates slowly while you dine so you can see the whole city. AMAZING! The food was really good - and it was great for us to have a special "fancy" meal.

Finally, we headed to the Georgia World Congress Center to sign in and get started with why we are here, the FIRST World Festival. We have already met so many teams from around the world. Our Teamwork Alliance team is from Ottawa, Canada. Next to us is New Zealand. We have traded pins with many people, and still have more yet to meet! One of the teams, from Egypt, are all deaf. It was fun learning to communicate with them.

We headed out to the CNN Center after the pits closed to get something to drink, and hung out there awhile - and eventually grabbed some dinner. I think there were more people in that small area than there are in all of Valley County. Teams eating, people coming to go to an Atlanta Hawks game, and others just there. Wow - lots of people.

Back to our hotel, we practiced our skit - talked about what to expect over the next couple of days - and a reminder that just by being here, we are already winners. Have fun, enjoy the experience. Our first judging is at 9:15 am, so early to bed tonight!