Four Points Historic Savannah

Today was a pretty fun filled day! Only had to drive about 15 miles to make our first stop which was in Charleston, SC. We found our way to the downtown area and found a place to park. Sometimes that little task seems to take quite sometime and can be quite stressful in the big o'l van, but thankfully it was pretty easy today! Downtown Charleston is quite nice. It has amazing old buildings. The street ...

Wandering Woman and I took a trolley car tour of Savannah today. It is the only Southern city that was not burned by Sherman and has substantial antebellum architecture, unlike other Southern cities.<br><br>The Historic District is filled with live oaks and Spanish moss, and old buildings. One thing I learned on the tour was that the term "fair to middlin'" originated from cotton graders. Fair was OK, middlin' was good.<br><br>Pics tell the story.

Visited the Savannah History Museum in an old train station.The Tourist information Center is there also.The artifacts of the city of Savannah are displayed.<br>Ate lunch at Clary's Cafe of the Book.<br>Toured the Williams Mercer House.The house in the book Midnight at the Garden of Evil.The house has eclectic decor.At the end of the ...

... yam,lima beans,black eyed peas,macaroni and cheese,,banana pudding and peach cobbler.<br>Went to the Owens Thomas House and had a guided tour.The architecture is regency.<br>Had ice cream at Leopold's,an old fashioned ice cream parlor with black and white tile floors.(since 1913).Walk to the Central market.Walked at Riverside Street and saw the statue again of the Waving Lady.<br>Walk the Factor Walks to the old cotton buildings.<br>Take out dinner from Shoney.s .Not good.

... there to go back to our room and we came upon an Escada Company Store with a huge sale going on! I was able to get quite a few Thai appropriate pieces and a great pair of shoes as well. Then it was finally back to the room to clean up for dinner.<br><br>For our anniversary dinner, we went to Casbah, a Moroccan restaurant with traditional food and a belly dancer. We had a great dinner there and then went back to Saigon ...

Savannah is really a great place to visit. If you go make sure to take the trolley tours, it's well worth the money. It's nice to sit back, not worry about the traffic and listen to your guide as he narrates the tour. You are free to get on and off as you wish, because there are many areas where you will like to spend some time.

... line on the boats. Little McKeeman family inside reference. St. Patrick's Day is apparently a huge holiday around here and as the afternoon wore on the tavern area along River Street was filling up with increasing numbers of soon to be drunk 20-somethings. Everyone was wearing St. Patrick's Day "mardi gras" beads, green t-shirts and funny hats. One guy actually had on a lime green and lemon yellow plaid kilt. Saw a guy walking two Irish terriers. He was very impressed that ...

... Harbor Tunnel due to the lines for paying the toll being so congested that they blocked anyone from getting to the EZ-Pass lanes. At least we didn't have that problem this year. At 9:30 we decided to stop at the Maryland Welcome Center. I remembered there not being any rest stops in Washington DC since it was only a short drive, but there's usually traffic ...

We (ok Amy) was really looking forward to going to Savannah and it lived up to its billing, minus the normal over expectation of how big it will be. Simply put the downtown area is pretty dam small. But overall it was Amy Heaven: 1. We went to Lady and Sons by some famous cook and had a great Southern Meal. Scott liked it because we did lunch and not dinner and ...

... d*y-very fl*t light W*lked south down Meeting then over to Church *nd south down it p*st St. Peter's *nd the French Huguenot church, cemeteries. S*w m*ny ex*mples of "simple" houses, rectories, etc. L*ter we w*lked the s*me *re* with the Te* Tour guide. Before the tour we h*d * quick light lunch *t the "Coffee G*llery of Contempor*ry Art" th*t fe*tured loc*l city *nd se*sc*pes done in bold w*tercolor brush strokes. Ch*rming French *ccordion music w*s on the stereo. It is * tiny ...