Since we had the Jeep and boating into Savannah is farther than you might think off of the Intracoastal, we decided to drive. I’ve always wanted to stay at a bed and breakfast in Savannah and the Justine Inn gave us a room for $106 a night! We were blown away that this room had essentially 3 bathtubs, included a daily wine and cheese serving and a full breakfast. It was in the historic district and was a wonderful place to stay. The room we stayed in was the Versailles Room.
We have been to Savannah before so we decided to get tickets again to the Old Trolley to take us around town and listen to the marvelous stories. We ate at the Wilkes House and dinner is served family style with a table of 8-12 people. There were 22 different dishes on the table. I though I was going to lose my patience with a man who served himself and then failed to pass the dishes around. After about 12 bowls were sitting idly and he was enjoying his food, I whispered to his wife that we would like to try some of those dishes. He belligerently shoved the food past his wife and at that point we decided to kill him with kindness. It kind of worked but when he did start talking it was all about how frustrating people are as he was in a thankless job of association president for his community. Maybe that creamy corn and butter beans softened him up a bit! I regret that I didn’t take a picture of our table with all the southern dishes.
Down on the river, as we were eating, we were shocked by a HUGE container ship that cruised by. I didn’t realize that Savannah is in the top three busiest ports in the US….that was another good reason to drive in rather than subject Happy Hours to playing chicken with giants.
Those containers are each the size of what a semi truck pulls. I could not get a picture of the entire ship due to its size.
The steeple is from the movie Forrest Gump. Remember the beginning of the movie when a feather floated down from this steeple? The bench he was sitting on is in some museum. Forrest Gump is one of the best movies ever!
I love the architecture and the importance to details. We also visited several museums and ate some fabulous food. The Pink House was some of the best food we’ve had on our trip. John ordered chicken livers…..seriously…..they were even delicious! We ate in the basement tavern while listening to the fabulous piano player.
We spent a lovely evening at Forsyth Park, people watching and meeting their dogs! I think every resident owns a dog here. Later we wanted something to eat but didn’t want to walk so far. We reasoned that the Mansion at Forsyth park might have a casual bar where we could get a light supper. Otherwise we were not dressed to eat in a fancy mansion. It turns out it was a Marriott property and we had such fun talk into the young people. We met one smart young man from Hattiesburg MS who was at a cyber security convention who was having his dinner at the bar. Since the group was talking about football, he asked me who was my team. I explained that I’m a Bama fan by marriage but I attended a small Baptist college called William Carey. Wouldn’t you know it, his wife was also a Carey graduate. He has since emailed us.
