We left in the afternoon on Thursday and drove about 4 1/2 hours to Savannah, Georgia. We decided we were really going to be tourists. So, we picked up tons of pamphlets and figured out what we would do!
For the first night we arrived we just explored the downtown area, got dinner, and then went to the pool for just a chill night.
The next morning we took a trolley tour of Savannah where we were the youngest people by about 20 years. It was funny because the driver kept making jokes and we were the only ones that laughed. Most of the jokes were surrounding the fact that anywhere you walk in Savannah you can carry an "alcoholic beverage of your choice"as he kept saying. This is because many people hop from bar to bar and basically everything is within walking distance! The trolley tour was only $15 which was the most expensive thing we did in Savannah, which is quite different from Disney prices that we are getting used to! The tour gave us a good idea of the area and what kinds of things we would want to do the rest of the day.
It turns out there was so much to do in Savannah! We went down to River Street which was a great shopping area and we had a coupon from one of the pamphlets for River Street Sweets! It was a very pretty cobble stone street right along the river!
The last shopping stop we made was to The Paula Deen Store. If you have ever watched the food network, I am sure you know who this lovely Southern belle is! She also has a restaurant, which we decided not to go to, but we did get a slice of butter cake from her gift shop!
Savannah is also well known for being one of the most haunted cities in the country. So, we had lots of options for different Ghost tours to take. The one we decided to take was a hearse tour. Yes, we rode in a hearse all over Savannah and the tour guide showed us all of the haunted houses where there were lots of crazy murders! Then he drove us out to this cemetery where he told us a very creepy story about this kind of outcast guy in the town that was accused of murdering children. Then he slammed on the breaks and screamed. All of us screamed, but my friend Aleks who is standing next to me in the picture below was crying and had the best reaction ever! She was absolutely terrified to take this tour to begin with. It was a ton of fun, but the best part was waiting at the hotel for the hearse to pick us up!
The next day we had a big list of things to do! So we went and started the day with a good breakfast at Goosefeathers which is a really sweet little breakfast place where you can tell a lot of locals go to get breakfast in the morning. In fact, a bride and all of her bridesmaids were in line behind us! We had some amazing quiche and were off to start our day. Savannah is a city of squares. You walk a couple of blocks and there is a square, walk a couple more, and there is another square. So, we decided to walk around and visit the square where Forrest sat in the movie Forrest Gump to tell his story. There is no bench there, but you can see where they sat.
We decided that we definitely needed to do a mansion tour so we decided to tour the Davenport House Museum. This was quite a disappointment. The house was basically empty and the refurbishment wasn't very good.
The last stop of the trip was to the Savannah History Museum. Let me tell you that we paid $5.00 for this museum and it was really not worth even that much. It was a very tiny museum that basically pay the $5.00 to see the actual bench the Forrest sat on, but it was a nice little end to our day.
Before we left, we had to get some barbecue so we went to Sticky Fingers, which we found out later is a chain, but it was really good! Then we were on the road headed back to Disney. It was a great trip and we didn't want to go back!
Everyone here is ready to go home including me. Pretty much everyone has a countdown to the day they leave. While I have had fun here, I will definitely be ready to go home!
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