Cirque du Soleil

We have again been on an adventure.  Defined thus because in typical Liz fashion we had to turn around at least once.  Miki and I went with our friends James and Joanna on a whirlwind daytrip to Atlanta to see Cirque de Soleil’s Kooza.  James and Joanna have seen several of Cirque’s live performances.  This was the first time for Miki and I to see their live performance.  Let me just say WOW!!!  I’ve seen several of their movies which are faboo, but it really is much better in person.  The music was outstanding.  The performers were fantastic.  The little contortionist mushroom girls were facinating and kinda creepy.  Especially the one that could walk around herself. 

I found it intersting that some of the parts I found the most riviting were the near misses.  When the tightrope walker almost fell but caught the rope, pulled himself back up, and did the stunt again.  It made it feel more real.  I really liked the wheel of death.  Although I kept thinking that the guys costumes looked a little like wrestler costumes which then made me laugh.  They did some amazing stunts, catching air as they spun the big wheels.  When the guy started to do the  jump rope on the outside of the wheel it just made me bite my nails.   I also thought that the juggler did a really phenominal job.  I can’t juggle at all, period, not even my thoughts.  He did some contact juggling along with the standard balls, hoops, and pins.   I think he had 14 hoops going at one point.  I just was just, wow! 

If you are in Atlanta or near Atlanta or near an airport that flys to Atlanta get thee some tickets and go to see Kooza. It was very much worth the going.

We came out of the show to find that it had started to snow and sleet so we decided to head for home.  (There had been plans of calling friends in Atlanta to see if we could meet up somewhere for dinner.)  I wasn’t driving.  I didn’t have the directions, or a map.  I hadn’t figured out the GPS thingy that my phone apparently does.  So when our direct route back to the interstate was closed we went exploring.  This is the part that makes it an adventure. It is officially a Liz Adventure when the vehicle has to turn around. This could be as simple as a missed exit or as complicated as ending up in another state while looking for the movie theatre… (Kathryn and Sarah were there they can tell you that it’s true.)  We had no idea how to get to the interstate so we decided to follow the flow of traffic for awhile. I mean the whole city is encircled by interstate we were bound to see signs right?  Since I wasn’t driving I decided to play a game of take pictures at stop lights.  You can see the progression.

We finally found an on ramp to I-75 and headed for home.  It was a fun time, and we really appreciate James and Joanna for taking us to our first Cirque show.