Rest Day in Savannah
SAVANNAH 
Day 6, July 1, 2005
Today was a rest day and a day to burn shoe leather on the cobblestone streets of Savannah.
But it was also a day to sleep in and enjoy a leisurely breakfast.
With tour maps in hand, Martina and I headed for the streets while John stayed behind to do some computer work.
The streets are full of little parks or squares surrounded by magnificently restored Greek Revival/Regency style homes. It made us think that we should be wearing hoop skirts and corseted tops as we sashayed down the streets.
Since we had both been girl scouts, we made our pilgrimage into the Juliette Gordon Low house, birthplace of its founder. We also checked out numerous B&B’s as a way to see inside some more unique homes. Poor Martina had thought she had been transported back to the 1780’s as the surrey and carriage horses clopped along the streets. Street after street greeted us with even more homes to awe over.
John met us for lunch at the Six Pence Pub for. John said it was the first time that he had ever seen Martina eat all her food. She got the clean plate award at this meal.
Tummys full we headed to the Mercer Williams House and Museum for the 2:10 tour. I was anxious to see this house as I had read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. This is the home were the main character lived and gossiped about his neighbors. (the characters are about real people so no one here talks about the book). The house was worth the tour with its 15’ ceilings, fine details and eclectic collection of engravings and elephant tusks among other things. Construction began on this house in 1860 but the civil war prevented the house from being completed until 1868.
Day 6, July 1, 2005
Today was a rest day and a day to burn shoe leather on the cobblestone streets of Savannah.
But it was also a day to sleep in and enjoy a leisurely breakfast.
With tour maps in hand, Martina and I headed for the streets while John stayed behind to do some computer work.
The streets are full of little parks or squares surrounded by magnificently restored Greek Revival/Regency style homes. It made us think that we should be wearing hoop skirts and corseted tops as we sashayed down the streets.
Since we had both been girl scouts, we made our pilgrimage into the Juliette Gordon Low house, birthplace of its founder. We also checked out numerous B&B’s as a way to see inside some more unique homes. Poor Martina had thought she had been transported back to the 1780’s as the surrey and carriage horses clopped along the streets. Street after street greeted us with even more homes to awe over.
John met us for lunch at the Six Pence Pub for. John said it was the first time that he had ever seen Martina eat all her food. She got the clean plate award at this meal.
Tummys full we headed to the Mercer Williams House and Museum for the 2:10 tour. I was anxious to see this house as I had read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. This is the home were the main character lived and gossiped about his neighbors. (the characters are about real people so no one here talks about the book). The house was worth the tour with its 15’ ceilings, fine details and eclectic collection of engravings and elephant tusks among other things. Construction began on this house in 1860 but the civil war prevented the house from being completed until 1868.
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