Now what do we do? I suggested going to Savannah. It is about 4 hours away and part of the Georgia trips that I want to do before we leave. We decided to leave Thursday after work. Thursday wasn't a great day for me. I had lost my Gamma's wedding ring the night before, didn't sleep well, and didn't adjust back to the normal work routine of me doing everything and everyone else complaining on how it isn't slowing down when they aren't nearly as busy as me. We were going to look in the car for the ring before we left but it was raining and I guess I wasnt ready to give up hope of finding it.
Brian's idea was to stop in Charleston (about half way there and a favorite of ours) for dinner. Perfect! We went to Blossom's which is our new favorite restaurant there. We found it when my parents and I went to Charleston for my birthday last January and it is just as good now. We had their calamari for an appetizer and it was fantastic. It may have been better then Ruth Chris'! For dinner I had swordfish with a mustard sauce over fettuccine covered and rapini pesto (broccoli pesto) which was very good. Brian had the pork chop again. For dessert we had a red velvet bread pudding with strawberry cheesecake. It was sooo yummy! After that we walked around a bit and got into the car to continue heading toward Savannah.
The trip was uneventful other then people not knowing how to drive so it took us longer then we expected. Once in Savannah we found a Best Western but they were full. He referred us to a Sheraton but failed to mention it was a Four Points Sheraton with only Four Points being visible on the sign so we got a bit lost. It was the worst room we have ever stayed in...and it cost more then any other hotel we have ever stayed at. It had no mini fridge, no tv guide, half the channels didn't work, the AC didnt work, it was incredibly small and the walls were ridiculously thin. There were also some logistic issues as well. Brian and I got an awful nights sleep. It was very clean and the location turned out to be great. I still feel suckered into it though.
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| Haha Brian! |
We woke up at 8am to a little child running through the halls and could not get back to sleep. We were exhausted. Checked out of the hotel and I grabbed coffee and Brian grabbed hot tea. I cant believe he grabbed tea. Next stop was to find a parking lot as we couldn't use the Sheraton's. We had passed one the night before which was very easy to find. We walk out of the parking garage and come to find we are exactly where we needed to be.
First stop was City Market. Supposed to have lots of shops and restaurants. It has them but I wouldn't call it lots. It was a lot smaller then I was expecting.
After wandering around City Market we went on a carriage ride. We had also made reservations for a ghost tour that evening.
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| Justice (black) and Guinness (Chestnut) |
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| Paula Deen Store |
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| Our tour guide, real cute girl |
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| The Sqaure where Forest Gump sat |
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| Marble Courthouse |
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| Oldest Jewish Cemetery on the east coast |
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| The visible portion of the cemetery, the paved/built over the rest of it |
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| Mr. Ogelthorpe |
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| House covered in fig vines which actually grows fruit |
After the carriage ride Brian and I walked down River St. Also supposed to be very pretty with lots of shopping and restaurants. Half of it is under construction (all of GA is under construction apparently) and all the shops are touristy. I didn't realize how touristy Savannah is.
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| The stairs are ridiculous |
Our tour guide recommended we go to the top of the Bohemian Hotel for the view.
More River St.
We ate lunch and dinner at a place called Molly Macphearson's. Yup you read that right. We ate both meals at Molly's. We found it via Brian's iphone (what else?) and it was amazing. We were going to try a pizza place for dinner but it had a 30 minute wait and we wanted to get on the road.
For lunch we split a Scottish combo appetizer with a meat pie, a couple of onion rings and scottish eggs (hard boiled eggs with a sausage crust). VERY good. Brian had Molly's favorite (Turkey, maple honey, and apples on whole weat) and I had the fish and chips. SOO SOO SOO good! For dessert we had more bread pudding. OMG so good! For dinner we skipped the appetizer and I had the steak and Guiness stew and Brian and the Shephards pie. For desert we had Scottish cake. We cannot recommend the place enough. We loved both meals. At lunch we walked in and we were almost alone, by the time we left the place was PACKED!
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| Brian fell in love with this beer |
After lunch but before dinner we hung out and went into several "antique" shops. I was looking for a wedding gift and was unable to find anything. It was a beautiful day and not a hard city to figure out. At 6pm we checked in with the ghost tour people and got on our way. This trip was less fun then the first one. We ended up being the only one at the first one and the ghost we had three older people with us. I think we heard maybe 2 full ghost stories? We got walked around the same route (that I kind of expected that) and our tour guide at night was very sweet but the other people would have rather asked her why she chose Savannah, what she is majoring in, etc. rather then letting her go on with the ghost stories. Brian and I enjoyed the carriage ride but had we known we probably would have A) skipped it or B) paid more for being by ourselves.
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| Cheney (left) and King (right) our Ghost tour horses |
We left at about 8pm and got home at around 11:30. Overall, very good trip but probably couldn't live there. It is a lot more touristy then I had thought and I figure we would end up in the same problem we are in now.
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