Hope & Happiness in Hampton, Georgia: Our first Southern Adventure

One of the things that we had been most looking forward to when we found out we would be moving to Georgia, was the proximity of where we would be living to so many neat places. We are only about a 30 minute drive to downtown Atlanta, a two hour drive to North Georgia, a two and a half hour drive to Savannah a 4 hour drive to Panama City and Hilton Head and only 6 hours from Disney! Our plan coming down here was to be sure to take at least one weekend trip per month to explore our new surroundings. With all of the hustle and bustle of getting our stuff settled, we decided that our January trip would be up to the city to explore. So, we called upon our trusty tour guide from afar, Lori Timm. Lori and I worked together a few years ago and have remained close friends and she is basically an expert on all things off the beaten path about Atlanta.

For our first visit, we decided to focus mainly on food and drink with one extra stop thrown in. We drove up to the city in the early afternoon and made our first stop at Six Feet Under across from Oakland Cemetery. As far as we are concerned, this is a must go for anyone in the Atlanta area looking for a unique place to eat. You have the option to eat indoors or outdoor on the upper deck overlooking the beautiful historical cemetery. We feasted on alligator bites, catfish poboys, and buffalo chicken sandwiches all washed down with a couple of cool drinks.

Biggest catfish po'boy in the history of po'boys!

Our next stop was to hop on over to the Oakland Cemetary where Bobby Jones, the legendary golfer as well as Margaret Mitchell Marsh, the author of Gone With the Wind are buried. It was an architecturally beautiful place, that you could simply get lost for hours in. However, with the temperatures reaching almost 80 on that beautiful January day, Clint and I decided to take a quick tour only and then make our way to another refreshment stop.

Bobby Jones

Margaret Mitchell Marsh

Beautiful overlook of Downtown

After we finished up at Oakland, we headed over to the Georgia Tech campus to a little bar and grill called Cyprus. Since it was such a beautiful day, we selected a seat out on the patio and enjoyed the weather and each other. We can't thank Lori enough for being such a great tour guide even all the way from Germany. We are really loving the city and will probably be spending many more weekends exploring its many neighborhoods!