Wednesday, 17th October 2018
This morning we woke up in Charleston and tonight we are sleeping in Savannah – only 110 miles apart and a 2 hour drive.
Our hotel – the Holiday Inn – is situated on the other side of the river and overlooks two bridges. So before leaving the hotel we went up to the 7th floor where the restaurants are and took some really great pictures.
We then checked out just before 11 am and drove down town – to Market Street where we parked our car in a parking garage and we went strolling in this lovely town full of beautiful wooden homes and tree lined shady streets.
Our walk about took us down to the water front and there we found a pretty restaurant – The Fleet Landing – and as we hadn’t had any breakfast we decided to have an early lunch – well it was already gone noon so that’s acceptable. We were shown to a table outdoors facing the mouth of the Cooper river leading to the Atlantic. There was quite some activity there as we saw quite a number of container vessels going in and out of the harbour as well as sailing boats and not to mention the flocks of pelicans perching on a railing way out in front of the restaurant verandah.
Lunch included a pre lunch cocktail for me called Peach Tea. It was made up of peach tea, lime juice and an old recipe of moonshine liquor……. good job I did get my Caesar salad on time as this just one cocktail knocked me out. And that had repercussions during our drive down to Savannah – I was badly in need of a nap and once out on the freeway 17 I did fall asleep for a while.
Temperatures have gone up to the 90’s now and by the time we reached Savannah at 4pm we were badly in need of a shower and fresh clothes. We are now staying at the Best Western located in the historical town and down by the river close to the city hall.
We booked two sightseeing trips for tomorrow – travelling on the old trolley busses as a hop on hop off activity and then we are also taking a trip on the paddlewheels and this time during the day so that we can see the riverbanks in day time. However we went on a short walk around and did see some of the lovely squares in the old town.
The rest we will be seeing tomorrow,
