One of the reasons we spent time to pack on Monday was that we had planned to visit one more Atlanta attraction -- the Atlanta History Center -- on Tuesday before heading to the airport. The AHC is located about a mile north of our condo, and consists of several components focusing (not surprisingly) on the history of Atlanta, with a special emphasis on the Civil War. It is listed as a "must see" in the AAA guide and the reviews in Yelp were all very high. However, moving forward with that plan proved a little more challenging than we had anticipated. By the time we had breakfast, finished the remaining laundry, completed packing and tidied up the condo a bit it became clear that we had neither the time nor the energy required to do a visit justice. We decided instead to have lunch at the restaurant located on the Center's grounds, the Swan Coach House restaurant, located in what was the garage and servants quarters of the Swan House, a restored 1928 mansion that is one of the Center's attractions. Among other claims to fame, the Swan House is one of the locations where the next Hunger Games movie was filmed. Like Cafe Jonah (see post for Day 26), the Swan Coach House is located a few blocks away from the Buckhead business district--however any similarity between the two establishments ends right there. The Coach House has been converted into a beautifully decorated classic representation of southern gentility, complete with large floral prints on the wall paper, white linen table cloths and a dozen roses on each table. When we visited, the clientele consisted almost exclusively of well-coiffed women dressed in tasteful but not showy outfits (we felt under dressed in our jeans and polo shirts), with the vast majority being of our vintage or older. The food was delicious and the service efficient, and it was easy to see why the restaurant can justifiably bill itself as an Atlanta tradition. After lunch we spent a few minutes driving along West Paces Ferry Road, which the Coach House hostess assured me is "the" Atlanta address. It was easy to see why as we drove past large elegant mansions located on well-groomed 2-4 acre lots for over a mile, and while some of them posted discreet 'for sale' signs, we didn't stop to inquire but I found this online video that will give a sense of what these places are like. We also stopped to take our own photo of the Swan House, then headed back to the condo to finish getting things together, and then we were off to the airport where we turned in the rental car and after spending 28 days, traveling 4407air miles and putting 4487 miles on the rental car, visiting sights in 17 cities or towns (not counting pit stops) in 12 states and one province, and watching 13 complete basketball games and parts of 5 others, we headed home.
One of the reasons we spent time to pack on Monday was that we had planned to visit one more Atlanta attraction -- the Atlanta History Center -- on Tuesday before heading to the airport. The AHC is located about a mile north of our condo, and consists of several components focusing (not surprisingly) on the history of Atlanta, with a special emphasis on the Civil War. It is listed as a "must see" in the AAA guide and the reviews in Yelp were all very high. However, moving forward with that plan proved a little more challenging than we had anticipated. By the time we had breakfast, finished the remaining laundry, completed packing and tidied up the condo a bit it became clear that we had neither the time nor the energy required to do a visit justice. We decided instead to have lunch at the restaurant located on the Center's grounds, the Swan Coach House restaurant, located in what was the garage and servants quarters of the Swan House, a restored 1928 mansion that is one of the Center's attractions. Among other claims to fame, the Swan House is one of the locations where the next Hunger Games movie was filmed. Like Cafe Jonah (see post for Day 26), the Swan Coach House is located a few blocks away from the Buckhead business district--however any similarity between the two establishments ends right there. The Coach House has been converted into a beautifully decorated classic representation of southern gentility, complete with large floral prints on the wall paper, white linen table cloths and a dozen roses on each table. When we visited, the clientele consisted almost exclusively of well-coiffed women dressed in tasteful but not showy outfits (we felt under dressed in our jeans and polo shirts), with the vast majority being of our vintage or older. The food was delicious and the service efficient, and it was easy to see why the restaurant can justifiably bill itself as an Atlanta tradition. After lunch we spent a few minutes driving along West Paces Ferry Road, which the Coach House hostess assured me is "the" Atlanta address. It was easy to see why as we drove past large elegant mansions located on well-groomed 2-4 acre lots for over a mile, and while some of them posted discreet 'for sale' signs, we didn't stop to inquire but I found this online video that will give a sense of what these places are like. We also stopped to take our own photo of the Swan House, then headed back to the condo to finish getting things together, and then we were off to the airport where we turned in the rental car and after spending 28 days, traveling 4407air miles and putting 4487 miles on the rental car, visiting sights in 17 cities or towns (not counting pit stops) in 12 states and one province, and watching 13 complete basketball games and parts of 5 others, we headed home. 
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