Savannah

Today it rained, but luckily not enough to render our bikes useless. So we continued to explore the city by bike and found ourselves at Gryphon which was recommended by my mother and reported to have a Harry Potter like feel which it did. It's a cafe run by SCAD students and has a fun, cozy, library like atmosphere with really yummy food.



After easily returning our bikes and grabbing one more Vanilla Coke we hit the road to return home.

Overall it was a nice, relaxing escape from Orlando.

Savannah by Bike

Today we rented bikes and cruised around town at our own speed. We rented from Sekka which was really close to our hotel and we timed it so we could do the super affordable 24 hour rental and return the bikes just before we planned to return home tomorrow. Savannah is DEFINITELY a bikeable town.

Among other things, we had lunch and Vanilla Cokes at Leopold's, went around Forsyth Park gawking at houses, stopped to swing at a playground for a bit and even went on the tour of the Mercer house.

We finished our day with a massive seafood feast at the Cotton Exchange on River St. We had grand plans of watching dueling pianos but opted for sleep instead.

Ghosts in Savannah

I originally had looked into renting an apartment in Savannah but because we aren't staying three nights it got complicated so instead I went with the Inn at Ellis Square even though it's really just a Days Inn and we were quite impressed. It's really centrally located and really nice inside.

Once we got all checked in we grabbed a quick bite to eat at the Olympia Cafe right on RiverSt. which was a great decision. It was fast and really yummy. Having been to Greece I was still impressed by their baklava.

After our quick dinner we went on a ghost tour...yes, I know, I hate scary things but I figure I'll never know if I don't at least try...It was freezing out so we went with a Trolley Tour and it had a pickup/drop off right next to our hotel which was awesome. It wasn't so bad really, more history than scare tactics, though Jeremy would've preferred more scare tactics.

We stopped by one house where every woman who has lived there has committed suicide to the point where a politician has bought the property and won't let anyone live in it to protect the women of Savannah....


Another stop was an old hospital that was super creepy, all of the noises and construction stuff just added to it..



I survived though....honestly the cold was more annoying that the ghost tour.