Look Out Savannah...

We decided to take a long weekend and go to Savannah, Georgia with our friends Christina and Audie. I was very excited to see Christina (it had been a year since we had hung out) and just get away from the hustle and bustle of every day life. Although I have a fabulous group of kids this year, the beginning of school has been very stressful for me. We left early on Saturday morning and made it to Savannah around 10:30am. We met up with Christina and Audie where we would be staying but we couldn't check in until 3, so we got a map of the downtown area and began wandering around. I loved that we could walk everywhere we went.. the weather was in the low 80's and absolutely gorgeous. Oktoberfest was going on down by the river so we checked it out. We roamed the streets and the many squares, checking out the neat architecture. We ate lunch at Moon River Brewery.. they have very yummy sweet potato fries and a dipping sauce that makes them even better. We visited the cathedral of St. John the Baptist... it was absolutely breath taking.

After walking around for a while we headed back toward The Green Palm Inn so we could get checked in. We stayed at the State Street Cottage that is owned and operated by the same people. We wanted to be able to spend time together when we were back at the hotel/house so this was the perfect place.

We rested for a little while.. and tried to come up with a game plan for dinner. We ended up choosing the Shrimp Factory for dinner. It was way over priced and not very good. We were disappointed to say the least.

We called a night pretty early that evening because we had been walking all day and had big plans for Sunday. On Sunday, we ventured to Panera Bread for breakfast. Then headed to Bonaventure Cemetery. We spent a while out there looking at and reading the grave stones. I'm sure there are a lot of stories to go along with that place... After the cemetery we went to the Owens-Thomas house for a tour. When we finished up the tour we went to Leopold's ice cream for 'lunch'... which was a Pumpkin pie sundae.. and it was YUMMY!

After our ice cream stop we decided to check out City Market and Savannah's Candy Kitchen again. We did a little shopping and then headed over to Garibaldi's for dinner. This place was recommended by a friend of mine... it was delicious. It was much better than Shrimp Factory and cheaper! I had Lobster pasta and Jacob got the red fish special. Everything was so yummy. After dinner we went back to the house for a little while before our Ghost Walk tour. We thought it would be neat to check out Savannah at night and maybe see a ghost or two.. or maybe just learn more about the history of this awesome city. :-) I got a couple of pictures with interesting stuff in them from the ghost walk but nothing super creepy. The coolest one of from the courtyard at the Owens Thomas house. After our 2 hour ghost walk we were exhausted and headed back to the house. We had to head home on Monday but not before visiting Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House for lunch. We got there around 10:15 and got to eat around 11:50. It was definately worth the wait though. The table was full of any kind of vegetable you could think of, fried chicken, pot roast, and dessert! You sit at a table for ten with strangers and the food is served family style. It is a MUST if you visit Savannah.. just keep in mind that they are only open M-F 11-2.

We had a wonderful time and we have already started thinking about and planning our next visit.